Evaluation of leg-to-leg BIA in assessing body composition in high-school-aged males and females

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Unick, Jessica L ^a   Utter, Alan C ^a   Schumm, Sean ^a   McInnis, Tim ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat; Hydrostatic weighing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33845265271     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620600992585     Document Type: Article

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