Evaluation of the BOD POD for estimating percent fat in female college athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 599-605

  Vescovi, Jason D ^a   Hildebrandt, Leslie ^b   Miller, Wayne ^a   Hammer, Roger ^b   Spiller, Amanda ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Hydrodensitometry; Predictive accuracy; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORTS;

EID: 18744379724     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2002)016<0599:EOTBPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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