Applicability of equations in assessing the body composition of the Brazilian population;Aplicabilidade de equações na avaliação da composição corporal da população Brasileira

Revista de Nutricao

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-367

  Rezende, Fabiane Aparecida Canaan ^a   Rosado, Lina Enriqueta Frandsen Paez Lima ^a   Priore, Silvia Eloiza ^a   Franceschini, Sylvia Do Carmo Castro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Skinfold thickness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33746354296     PISSN: 14155273     EISSN: 14155273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-52732006000300007     Document Type: Review

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