How useful is body mass index for comparison of body fatness across age, sex, and ethnic groups?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 228-239

  Gallagher, Dympna ^a,d   Visser, Marjolein ^b   Sepúlveda, Dennis ^a   Pierson, Richard N ^a   Harris, Tamara ^c   Heymsfieid, Steven B ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute of Aging   (United States)

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

Author keywords

aging; body composition; body mass index; ethnic groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0030054162     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008733     Document Type: Article

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