Calibration and validation of an air-displacement plethysmography method for estimating percentage body fat in an elderly population: A comparison among compartmental models

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 637-642

  Yee, Alice J ^b   Fuerst, Thomas ^b   Salamone, Loren ^b   Visser, Marjolein ^b   Dockrell, Maurice ^b   Van Loan, Marta ^b   Kern, Marialice ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Body composition; Body density; Elderly; Hydrostatic weighing; Men; Multicompartment models; Percentage body fat; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALIBRATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034748484     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.5.637     Document Type: Article

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