Relationships between the body mass index and body composition

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Wellens, Rita I ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Fat free mass; Fatness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029686380     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00510.x     Document Type: Article

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