The validity of bioelectrical impedance models in clinical populations

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-446

  Buchholz, Andrea C ^a   Bartok, Cynthia ^a   Schoeller, Dale A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY WATER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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EID: 4644262992     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426504019005433     Document Type: Review

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