Cross-sectional fat area at the forearm in children and adolescents

Hormone Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Sumnik, Zdenek ^a,c   Remer, Thomas ^b   Stabrey, Angelika ^a   Tutlewski, Baerbel ^a   Schoenau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cross sectional fat area; Cross sectional muscle area; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 38549127079     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112589     Document Type: Article

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