Body composition in dancers: The bioelectrical impedance method

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 228-234

  Yannakoulia, Mary ^b   Keramopoulos, Antonios ^b   Tsakalakos, Nikolaos ^b   Matalas, Antonia Leda ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Dual x ray absorptiometry (DXA); Exercise; Nutritional assessment; Prediction equations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; DANCING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0033972444     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200001000-00034     Document Type: Article

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