Effect of body surface area calculations on body fat estimates in non-obese and obese subjects

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Sardinha, Luís B ^a   Silva, Analiza M ^a   Minderico, Claudia S ^a   Teixeira, Pedro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air displacement plethysmography; Body composition; Body surface area; Multi compartment molecular models

Indexed keywords

PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; AREA CALCULATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FATS; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY SURFACE AREA; MASS INDEX; MULTI-COMPARTMENT MOLECULAR MODEL; SURFACE AREA;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY SURFACE; BODY WATER; BONE MINERAL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846086971     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/27/11/012     Document Type: Article

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