Prediction of body fat in 12-y-old African American and white children: Evaluation of methods

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 980-990

  Bray, George A ^a   DeLany, James P ^a   Volaufova, Julia ^a   Harsha, David W ^a   Champagne, Catherine ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4 compartment models; African Americans; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat; Children; Densitometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Isotope dilution; Skinfold thickness; Whites

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 18;

ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0036829263     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.5.980     Document Type: Article

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