Comparison of techniques to estimate total body skeletal muscle mass in people of different age groups

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 277, Issue 3 40-3, 1999, Pages

  Proctor, D N ^a,d   O'Brien, P C ^b,d   Atkinson, E J ^b,d   Nair, K S ^c,d  

^a Anesthesia Research   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Endocrine Research Unit   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Creatinine excretion; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0032836712     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.3.e489     Document Type: Article

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