Assessment of body composition in elderly: Accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Bussolotto, Mauro ^a   Ceccon, A ^a   Sergi, G ^a   Giantin, V ^a   Beninca P ^a   Enzi, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Dual photon absorptiometry; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032938225     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022053     Document Type: Article

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