Chemical versus dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for detecting age- associated body compositional changes in male rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-427

  Feely, Rebecca S ^a   Larkin, Lisa M ^b   Halter, Jeffrey B ^a,b,c   Dengel, Donald R ^a,b,c  

^a Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Fat free mass; Fat mass; Lean body mass

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ACCURACY; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARCASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034110088     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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