Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is a valid tool for assessing skeletal muscle mass in older women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2775-2780

  Chen, Zhao ^a   Wang, ZiMian ^c   Lohman, Timothy ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^c   Outwater, Eric ^a   Nicholas, Jennifer S ^a   Bassford, Tamsen ^b   LaCroix, Andrea ^d   Sherrill, Duane ^a   Punyanitya, Mark ^c   Wu, Guanglin ^a   Going, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 37149055387     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.12.2775     Document Type: Article

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