Comparison of percent body fat estimates using air displacement plethysmography and hydrodensitometry in adults and children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-397

  Demerath, Ellen ^a   Guo, S S ^a   Chumlea, W C ^a   Towne, B ^a   Roche, A F ^a   Siervogel, R M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Air displacement plethysmography; Body composition; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODENSITOMETRY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0036129986     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801898     Document Type: Article

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