Bioelectrical impedance analysis for the estimation of body composition in rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Rutter, K ^a   Hennoste, L ^a   Ward, L C ^a   Cornish, B H ^b   Thomas, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Fat free mass; Obesity; Rats

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FAT INTAKE; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RAT; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ANIMALIA; BIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031962284     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367798780559356     Document Type: Article

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