A comparison of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and somatometrics for determining body fat in rhesus macaques

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-96

  Kemnitz, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Macaco mulatta

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MACACA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0005672688     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00395.x     Document Type: Article

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