Changes in body fat: Measurements by neutron activation, densitometry and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 507-509

  Ryde, S J S ^a   Eston, R ^b   Laskey, M A ^c   Evans, C J ^a,d   Hancock, D A ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; WEIGHING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA); UNDERWATER WEIGHING (UWW);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ADULT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032079649     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00062-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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