Body fat estimation in Black South Africans: A pilot study

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 126-131

  Oosthuizen, G M ^a   Joubert, G ^a   Mollentze, W F ^a   Rosslee, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Universitas Private Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; IMPEDANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031129706     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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