Validity and reproducibility of ultrasonography for the measurement of intra-abdominal adipose tissue

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1346-1351

  Stolk, R P ^a   Wink, O ^a   Zelissen, P M J ^a   Meijer, R ^a   Van Gils, A P G ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intra abdominal adipose tissue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034840426     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801734     Document Type: Article

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