Relationships between body fat measured by DXA and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness measured by LIPOMETER in adults

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-516

  Jürimäe, Toivo ^a   Jürimäe, Jaak ^a   Wallner, Sandra J ^b   Lipp, Rainer W ^b   Schnedl, Wolfgang J ^c   Möller, Reinhard ^b   Tafeit, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c General Internal Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adults; Body fat; LIPOMETER; SAT layers

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 34948846149     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.513     Document Type: Article

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