Total body protein in healthy adolescent girls: Validation of estimates derived from simpler measures with neutron activation analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-72

  Haas, Verena K ^a,e   Allen, Jane R ^a   Kohn, Michael R ^a,d   Clarke, Simon D ^b   Zhang, ShuHua ^a   Briody, Julie N ^a   Gruca, Margie ^a   Madden, Sloane ^a   Müller, Manfred J ^e   Gaskin, Kevin J ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Meridian Clinic   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometric measures; Bioimpedance analysis; Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat free mass; Neutron activation analysis; Total body nitrogen; Total body protein

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PROTEIN; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33846065506     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.1.66     Document Type: Article

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