Use of skin-fold thickness in Sri Lankan children: Comparison of several prediction equations

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1237-1242

  Wickramasinghe, Vithanage P ^a,c   Lamabadusuriay, Sanath P ^a   Cleghorn, Geoff J ^b   Davies, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat mass; Percentage fat mass; Skin fold thickness; Sri Lankan children

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PREDICTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SRI LANKA; TOTAL BODY WATER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 60049088251     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0227-y     Document Type: Article

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