Assessment of research-based body composition techniques in healthy elderly men and women using the 4-compartment model as a criterion method

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-142

  Goran, M I ^a   Toth, M J ^b   Poehlman, E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0031964483     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800555     Document Type: Article

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