Ethnic differences in the relationship between bioelectrical impedance and body size

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 233-235

  Takasaki, Yuji ^a   Loy, Steven F ^b   Juergens, Hans W ^c  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Caucasoid; Ethnic difference; Japanese

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY FLUID; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0642278101     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.22.233     Document Type: Article

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