A comparison of skinfolds and leg-to-leg bioelectrical impedance for the assessment of body composition in children

Dynamic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Goss, Fredric ^a   Robertson, Robert ^a   Williams, Allison ^a   Sward, Kathy ^a   Abt, Kristi ^a   Ladewig, Melissa ^a   Timmer, Jeffrey ^a   Dixon, Curt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG TO LEG BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 3042582418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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