Comparison of air-displacement plethysmography with hydrostatic weighing and bioelectrical impedance analysis for the assessment of body composition in healthy adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 898-903

  Biaggi, Robert R ^a   Vollman, Michael W ^a   Nies, Mary A ^a   Brener, Craig E ^a   Flakoll, Paul J ^a   Levenhagen, Deanna K ^a   Sun, Ming ^a   Karabulut, Zafer ^a   Chen, Kong Y ^a  

^a C2104 MCN ^*

Author keywords

Adiposity; Air displacement plethysmography; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Body density; Body fat; Humans; Hydrostatic weighing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIA;

EID: 0032934451     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.5.898     Document Type: Article

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