A comparison of body fat estimates using anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis with distinct prediction equations in elderly persons in the Republic of Guatemala

Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 168-175

  Mazariegos, Manolo ^f   Valdez, Carlos ^a   Kraaij, Sophia ^b   Van Setten, Conny ^b   Liurink, Cornelien ^b   Breuer, Katharina ^c   Haskell, Marjorie ^a,d   Mendoza, Ivan ^a   Solomons, Noel W ^a   Deurenberg, Paul ^e  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Hospital de Ojos y Oidos   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

anthropometry; bioelectrical impedance analysis; body composition and aging; Guatemala; nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIA;

EID: 0030110909     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(96)91121-1     Document Type: Article

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