Validity of fan-beam dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for measuring fat- free mass and leg muscle mass

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1513-1520

  Visser, Marjolein ^a,b   Fuerst, Thomas ^c   Lang, Thomas ^c   Salamone, Loran ^d   Harris, Tamara B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Elderly; Multicompartment models

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032822012     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1513     Document Type: Article

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