Are basal metabolic rate prediction equations appropriate for female children and adolescents?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2407-2414

  Wong, William W ^a,b   Butte, Nancy F ^a   Hergenroeder, Albert C ^a   Hill, Rebecca B ^a   Stuff, Janice E ^a   Smith, E O'Brian ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; energy metabolism Caucasians; whole body calorimetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030455044     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.6.2407     Document Type: Article

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