Age-related changes in body composition of 3- to 6-year-old Japanese children

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 153-160

  Teramoto, Keisuke ^a   Otoki, Kodo ^a   Komiya, Shuichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Children; Internal fat mass; Lean body mass; Subcutaneous fat mass; Total body fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 9444236828     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.18.153     Document Type: Article

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