Measurement of fat mass using DEXA: A validation study in elderly adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 345-352

  Salamone, Loran M ^a   Fuerst, Thomas ^b   Visser, Marjolein ^c   Kern, Marialice ^d   Lang, Thomas ^b   Dockrell, Maurice ^e   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Nevitt, Michael ^e   Tylavsky, Francis ^f   Lohman, Tim G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Computed tomography; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fan beam

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033913157     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.345     Document Type: Article

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