Percent body fat via DEXA: Comparison with a four-compartment model

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 499-506

  Van Der Ploeg, Grant E ^a   Withers, Robert T ^a   Laforgia, Joe ^b  

^a Flinders University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Hydrodensitometry; Isotopic dilution; Multicompartment body composition models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037308622     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00436.2002     Document Type: Article

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