Look before you leap: On the issue of muscle mass assessment by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (reply to Jordan Robert Moon comments)

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 587-588

  Calbet, José A L ^a   Perez Gomez, Jorge ^a   Vicente Rodriguez, German ^a   Ara, Ignacio ^a   Olmedillas, Hugo ^a   Chavarren, Javier ^a   González Henriquez, Juan José ^a   Dorado, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 51749098979     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0774-y     Document Type: Letter

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