Agreement among anthropometric indicators identifying the fattest adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue , 1999, Pages S18-S21

  Himes, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometry; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

BIA;

EID: 0032914975     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800854     Document Type: Article

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