Comparison of bipolar and tetrapolar impedance techniques for assessing fat mass

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 593-597

  Dittmar, Manuela ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

BIA; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 4444285724     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20066     Document Type: Article

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