Ethnic and age-related fat free mass loss in older Americans: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although age-related loss of fat free mass (FFM) is well known, there is paucity of data on national estimates, and on the differential influence of ethnicity on the decline in FFM with increasing age. We determined whether age-relat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-04-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/41 |