Precision of measurement and body size in whole-body air-displacement plethysmography

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1161-1167

  Wells, J C K ^a   Fuller, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body density; Body fat; Fat free mass

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034909383     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801634     Document Type: Article

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