Hydration of fat-free body mass: Review and critique of a classic body- composition constant

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 833-841

  Wang, ZiMian ^a   Deurenberg, Paul ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^b   Baumgartner, Richard N ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat free body mass; Hydration; Mammals; Total body water

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HYDRATION; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY WATER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032913651     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.5.833     Document Type: Review

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