Assessment of body composition in Sri Lankan children: Validation of a bioelectrical impedance prediction equation

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1170-1177

  Wickramasinghe, V P ^a   Lamabadusuriya, S P ^a   Cleghorn, G J ^b   Davies, P S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SRI LANKA; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 53649103691     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602835     Document Type: Article

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