Three-compartment model: Critical evaluation based on neutron activation analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 287, Issue 5 50-5, 2004, Pages

  Silva, Analiza M ^a   Shen, Wei ^b   Wang, ZiMian ^b   Aloia, John F ^c   Nelson, Miriam E ^d   Heymsfield, Steven B ^b,e   Sardinha, Luis B ^a   Heshka, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition models; Obesity; Total body water; Underwater weighing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 6044267992     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00104.2004     Document Type: Article

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