Validity of bioelectrical impedance equations for estimating percent fat in males

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-530

  Eckerson, Joan M ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; INTERLABORATORY; SKINFOLDS; UNDERWATER WEIGHING

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SKINFOLD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029921642     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199604000-00019     Document Type: Article

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