Validation of an anthropometric model for total body water determination in the elderly

Nutrition Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Albala, Cecilia ^a   Salazar, Gabriela ^b   Yñáez, Mabel ^b   Bunout, Daniel ^b   Aicardi, Valeria ^b   Aguirre, Evelyn ^b   Vio, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometric Model; Body Composition; Elderly; Total Body Water

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; WATER;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; TOTAL BODY WATER; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WRIST;

EID: 0031031772     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(96)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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