Additional anthropometric measures may improve the predictability of basal metabolic rate in adult subjects

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1437-1444

  Johnstone, A M ^a   Rance, K A ^a   Murison, S D ^a   Duncan, J S ^a   Speakman, J R ^a,b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845234813     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602477     Document Type: Article

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