Air-displacement plethysmography: Here to stay

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 624-629

  Fields, David A ^a   Higgins, Paul B ^b   Radley, Duncan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bod Pod; Body composition; Infants; Pea Pod

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 27744519492     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000171127.44525.07     Document Type: Review

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