Bioelectric impedance and hydrostatic weighing with and without head submersion in persons who are morbidly obese

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 869-875

  Heath, Edward M ^a,b   Adams, Ted D ^c   Daines, Maria Matthews ^b   Hunt, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBESITY;

BIA;

EID: 0031904339     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00201-6     Document Type: Article

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