Human body composition: A review of adult dissection data

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-174

  Clarys, Jan P ^a   Martin, Alan D ^a,b   Marfell Jones, Michael J ^c   Janssens, Veronique ^a   Caboor, Dirck ^a   Drinkwater, Donald T ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000546643     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1999)11:2<167::AID-AJHB4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Behnke AR, Feen BG, Welham WC. 1942. The specific gravity of healthy men. J Am Med Assoc 118:495-498.
2. Bischoff E. 1863. Einige Gewichts und Trockenbestimmungen der Organe des Menschilichen Korpers. Zeit f Rationelle Medicin 3:75-85.
3. Clarys JP, Marfell-Jones MJ. 1986. Anthropometric prediction of component tissue masses in the minor limb segments of the human body. Hum Biol 58:761-769.
4. Clarys JP, Martin AD, Drinkwater DT. 1984. Gross tissue weights in the human body by cadaver dissection. Hum Biol 56:459-473.
5. Dursy E (1863) Lehrbuch der systematiscen Anatomie, 516, (cited by Vierordt, 1906).
6. Forbes RM, Cooper AR, Mitchell HH. 1953. The composition of the adult human body as determined by chemical analysis. J Biol Chem 203:359-366.
7. Forbes RM, Mitchell HH, Cooper AR. 1956. Further studies on the gross composition and mineral elements of the adult human body. J Biol Chem 223:969-975.
8. Janssens V, Thys P, Clarys JP, Kvis H, Chowdhury B, Zinzen E, Cabri J. 1994. Post-mortem limitations of body composition analysis by computed tomography. Ergonomics 37:207-216.
9. Keys A, Brozek J. 1953. Body fat in adult man. Physiol Rev 33:245-325.
10. Liebig G. 1874. Gewichtsbestimmungen der Organe des minschen Korpers. Arch Anat Physiol Wissensch Medizin 96-117.
11. Martin AD, Drinkwater DT. 1991. Variability in the estimation of body fat: assumptions or technique? Sports Med 11:277-288.
12. Martin AD, Drinkwater DT, Clarys JP. 1984. Body surface area: validation of formulae based on a cadaver study. Hum Biol 56:475-488.
13. Mertens E, Clarys JP. 1981. Age-matched postmortem and in vivo anthropometry of the human body [unpublished master's thesis]. Brussel: Vrije Universiteit.
14. Mitchell HH, Hamilton TS, Steggerda FR, Bean HW. 1945. The chemical composition of the adult human body and its bearing on the biochemistry of growth. J Biol Chem 158:625-637.
15. Moore FD, Lister J, Boyden CM, Ball MR, Sullivan N, Dagher FJ. 1968. The skeleton as a feature of body composition. Hum Biol 40:136-188.
16. Ross R, Rissanen J, Pedwell H, Clifford J, Shragge P. 1996. Influence of diet and exercise on skeletal muscle and visceral adipose tissue in men. J App Physiol 81:2445-2455.
17. Theile FW. 1884. Gewichtsbestimmungen zur Entwickelung des Muskelsystems und des Skelettes beim Menschen. Nova Acta der Ksl Leop-Carol-Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 46:170.
18. Vierordt H. 1906. Anatomische, physiologische und physikalische Daten und Tabellen, Jena: Fisher.
19. Volkmann AW. 1874. Ber sachs Akad 202.
20. Wang Z-M, Pierson RN Jr, Heymsfield SB. 1992. The five-level model: a new approach to organizing body-composition research. Am J Clin Nutr 56:19-28.
21. Wang Z-M, Heshka S, Pierson RN Jr, Heymsfield SB. 1995. Systematic organization of body-composition methodology: an overview with emphasis on component-based methods. Am J Clin Nutr 61:457-65.
22. Welker H, Brandt A. 1903. Gewichteswerthe der Korperorgane bei dem Menschen und den Thieren. Arch f Anthrop 28:1-89.
23. Widdowson EM, McCance RA, Spray CM. 1951. The chemical composition of the human body. Clin Sci 10:113-125.