Comparison of techniques to evaluate adiposity in stunted and nonstunted children

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hoffman, Daniel J ^a   Sawaya, Ana L ^b   Martins, Paula A ^b   McCrory, Megan A ^c   Roberts, Susan B ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Developing countries; Obesity; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WATER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; METHODOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33646338474     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0779     Document Type: Article

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