Comparison of two hydrodensitometric methods for estimating percent body fat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1175-1180

  Van Der Ploeg, Grant E ^a   Gunn, Simon M ^a   Withers, Robert T ^a   Modra, Andrew C ^a   Crockett, Alan J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body density; Helium dilution; Oxygen dilution; Residual volume

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

EID: 0034006009     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.4.1175     Document Type: Article

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