Total-body skeletal muscle mass: Evaluation of 24-h urinary creatinine excretion by computerized axial tomography

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 863-869

  Wang, Zi Mian ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Nelson, Miriam E ^b   Matthews, Dwight E ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; skeletal muscle mass; urinary creatinine excretion

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030049455     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.6.863     Document Type: Article

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