Assessment of body composition in youths and relationship to sport

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-164

  Houtkooper, Linda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Athletes; Children; Fat free mass; Percent body fat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMPEDANCE; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD; SPORT; WATER CONTENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORTS;

EID: 0029977837     PISSN: 10501606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsn.6.2.146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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