Bioelectrical impedance analysis of the body composition of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-72

  VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^a   Okolo, Saline N ^b   Rabasa, Adamu I ^c   Glew, Robert H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NIGERIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0034051846     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.2.67     Document Type: Article

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