Accuracy of estimating intra-abdominal fat in obese women

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Ball, Stephen D ^a,b   Swan, Pamela D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Dual Energy X ray Absorptiometry; Intraabdominal Fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 18944378493     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: 10979751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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