Location of body fat and body size impacts DXA soft tissue measures: A simulation study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Valentine, R J ^a   Misic, M M ^a   Kessinger, R B ^a   Mojtahedi, M C ^a   Evans, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; SOFT TISSUE; THIGH; THORAX; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; FAT INTAKE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

LARD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47949105388     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602770     Document Type: Article

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