Association of lean tissue and fat mass with bone mineral content in children and adolescents

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-60

  Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a,c   Faith, Myles S ^a   Wang, Jack ^a   Brambilla, Paolo ^b   Chiumello, Giuseppe ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone; DXA; Fat; Lean tissue mass; Pediatric age

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036369766     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.8     Document Type: Article

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