Electrical resistivity of the upper arm and leg yields good estimates of whole body fat

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 365-376

  Biggs, James ^a   Cha, Kichul ^a   Horch, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; Body composition; Fat; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS;

'CURRENT; BIO-IMPEDANCE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FATS; BODY MASS; RESISTIVITY; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; UPPER ARM; WHOLE-BODY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

FAT; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035007473     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/22/2/308     Document Type: Article

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