Composition of the fat-free mass in obese and nonobese children: Matched case-control analyses

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Haroun, D ^a   Wells, J C K ^a   Williams, J E ^a   Fuller, N J ^a   Fewtrell, M S ^a   Lawson, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fat; Deuterium dilution; Fat free mass; Hydration; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 11244323486     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802834     Document Type: Article

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