Use of bioelectrical impedance analysis to assess body composition in rural Gambian children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1065-1074

  Prins, M ^a   Hawkesworth, S ^b,c   Wright, A ^d   Fulford, A J C ^b,c   Jarjou, L M A ^c   Prentice, A M ^b,c   Moore, S E ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 51549093951     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602830     Document Type: Article

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