Body composition analysis of pigs from 5 to 97 kg by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 521-523

  Mitchell, A D ^a   Scholz, A M ^b   Conway, J M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OILS AND FATS; PROTEINS; WATER;

BODY COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA);

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MINERAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE;

EID: 0032080295     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00066-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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