The use of multi-frequency impedance to determine total body water and extracellular water in obese and lean female individuals

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 930-934

  Steijaert, M ^a   Deurenberg, P ^b   Van Gaal, L ^a   De Leeuw, I ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Bromide dilution; Deuterium dilution; Extracellular water; Total body water

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELECTRODE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0030799185     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800497     Document Type: Article

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