Critical evaluation of methods for determination of body fat content in children: Back to basic parameters?

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Korner A ^a   Gelbrich, G ^b   Muller G ^a   Reich, A ^a   Deutscher, K ^a   Godicke R ^c   Gronemann, B ^c   Kiess, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Pub Hlth Dept City of Leipzig   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIA; Body composition; Children; Obesity; Skinfolds

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33947604179     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-957353     Document Type: Article

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