Density of fat-free body mass: Relationship with race, age, and level of body fatness

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Visser, Marjolein ^a,c   Gallagher, Dympna ^b   Deurenberg, Paul ^a   Wang, Jack ^b   Pierson Jr , Richard N ^b   Heymsfield, Steve B ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

body composition; body density; body water; dual energy X ray absorptiometry; multicompartment models; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; CAUCASIAN; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030911710     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.5.e781     Document Type: Article

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