Body composition profiles of elite American heptathletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 162-173

  Houtkooper, L B ^a   Mullins, V A ^a   Going, S B ^a   Harmon Brown, C ^a   Lohman, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Bone mineral density; Cross validation; Fat free mass; Female athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCULATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIA;

EID: 0034966741     PISSN: 10501606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.11.2.162     Document Type: Article

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