Body Composition in Athletes: Assessment and Estimated Fatness

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-68

  Malina, Robert M ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; POTASSIUM; WATER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GROWTH; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; TRAINING;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SEASONS; SPORTS;

EID: 33846306700     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2006.11.004     Document Type: Review

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