Fraction of carbon-free body mass as oxygen is a constant body composition ratio in men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1008-1010

  Wang, ZiMian ^a   Deurenberg, Paul ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Pierson Jr , Richard N ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Humans; In vivo neutron activation analysis; Total body element content

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; ELEMENT; FAT; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0031814710     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.6.1008     Document Type: Article

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