Measuring partial body potassium in the arm versus total body potassium

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 945-949

  Wielopolski, L ^a   Ramirez, L M ^a   Gallagher, D ^b   Heymsfield, S B ^b   Wang, Z M ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nutritional Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Gamma ray spectroscopy; In vivo

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 33748459083     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00999.2005     Document Type: Article

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