Prediction of visceral adipose tissue using air displacement plethysmography in children

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2048-2051

  Winsley, Richard J ^a   Fulford, Jon ^a   MacLeod, Kenneth M ^b   Ramos Ibanez, Norma ^a   Williams, Craig A ^a   Armstrong, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645063761     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.252     Document Type: Article

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