Is bioelectrical impedance accurate for use in large epidemiological studies?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dehghan, Mahshid ^a,b   Merchant, Anwar T ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 52249084563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-7-26     Document Type: Review

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