Six-compartment body composition model: Inter-method comparisons of total body fat measurement

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-337

  Wang, Z M ^a,b,d   Deurenberg, P ^b   Guo, S S ^c   Pietrobelli, A ^a   Wang, J ^a   Pierson Jr , R N ^a   Heymsfield, S B ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Weight Control Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Multi compartment model; Total body fat mass

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; CHLORINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TRITIUM; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; TOTAL BODY WATER;

BIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031951074     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800590     Document Type: Article

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