Measurement of body fat using leg to leg bioimpedance

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-267

  Sung, R Y T ^a   Lau, P ^a   Yu, C W ^a   Lam, P K W ^a   Nelson, E A S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; Body fat; Body mass index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034824205     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.85.3.263     Document Type: Article

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