Ability of biolectric impedance to predict fat-free mass in prepubertal children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 176-179

  Reilly, John J ^a   Wilson, John ^a   McColl, John H ^b   Carmichael, Malcolm ^b   Durnin, John V G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030049116     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199601000-00029     Document Type: Article

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