Sub-cutaneous fat thickness measured by magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and calipers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 303-309

  Hayes, Philip A ^a,b   Sowood, P J ^a,b   Belyavin, A ^a,b   Cohen, J B ^a,b   Smith, F W ^a,b  

^a Royal Aircraft Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Skinfolds; Sub cutaneous fat; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0023907651     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198806000-00015     Document Type: Article

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