Validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure body fat in Air Force members

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 781-785

  Kremer, Maureen M ^a   Latin, Richard W ^a   Berg, Kris E ^a   Stanek, Kaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031766421     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.11.781     Document Type: Article

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