Relation of BMI to fat and fat-free mass among children and adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Freedman, D S ^a,d   Wang, J ^b   Maynard, L M ^a   Thornton, J C ^b   Mei, Z ^a   Pierson Jr , R N ^b   Dietz, W H ^a   Horlick, M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; X ray densitometry

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11244255031     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802735     Document Type: Article

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