Estimates of percentage body fat in young adolescents: A comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and air displacement plethysmography

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1402-1410

  Radley, D ^a   Gately, P J ^a   Cooke, C B ^a   Carroll, S ^a   Oldroyd, B ^b   Truscott, J G ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Body composition; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AIR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PLOTS AND CURVES; PREVALENCE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AIR; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

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EID: 0242440778     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601702     Document Type: Article

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