Variability of abdominal adipose tissue measurements using computed tomography in prepubertal girls

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1019-1023

  Figueroa Colon, R ^a,d   Mayo, M S ^b   Treuth, M S ^c   Aldridge, R A ^a   Hunter, G R ^d   Berland, L ^e   Goran, M I ^d   Weinsier, R L ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b General Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intraabdominal adipose tissue; Subcutaneous adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0031709820     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800722     Document Type: Article

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