Within- and between-laboratory precision in the measurement of body volume using air displacement plethysmography and its effect on body composition assessment

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-90

  Collins, A L ^a,c   Saunders, S ^a   McCarthy, H D ^a   Williams, J E ^b   Fuller, N J ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c The British College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Bland and Altman; BOD POD; Body composition; Precision; Variabilty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY DENSITY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0942301230     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802466     Document Type: Article

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