Do Hand-Held Calorimeters Provide Reliable and Accurate Estimates of Resting Metabolic Rate?

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Van Loan, Marta D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect calorimetry; Methods; Portable instrument; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BASAL METABOLISM; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40749139027     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2007.10719639     Document Type: Article

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