Comparison of estimation accuracy of body density between different hydrostatics weighing methods without head submersion

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-179

  Demura, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Susumu ^b   Nakada, Masakatsu ^c   Minami, Masaki ^d   Kitabayashi, Tamotsu ^e  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^d YONAGO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Kanazawa College of Art   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bland Altman; Body density; Head submersion; Hydrostatic weighing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER IMMERSION; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMERSION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMERSION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0142058213     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.22.175     Document Type: Article

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