A mathematical method to estimate body composition in tall individuals using DXA

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1211-1215

  Evans, Ellen M ^a   Prior, Barry M ^b   Modlesky, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Measurement; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144490817     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000170077.87301.65     Document Type: Article

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