The use of anthropometric and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measures to estimate total abdominal and abdominal visceral fat in men and women

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-264

  Clasey, Jody L ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^b   Teates, C David ^a   Riblett, Jill E ^a   Thorner, Michael O ^a   Hartman, Mark L ^a   Weltman, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Regional distribution of body fat; Sagittal diameter; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033127415     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00404.x     Document Type: Article

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