Skinfold method vs dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to assess bodycomposition in normal and obese women

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 11-18

  Bottaro, Martim F ^a,d   Heyward, Vivian H ^b   Bezerra, Ricardo F A ^a   Wagner, Dale R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Vanguard University of Southern California   (United States)

^d SQSW 105 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Fat mass; Hispanic; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 3242656423     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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