Body fat measured by bioelectrical impedance in Hong Kong Chinese children

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Sung, Rita Y T ^a   So, H K ^a   Choi, K C ^b   Li, Albert M ^a   Yin, Jane ^a   Nelson, Edmund A S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Child; Electric impedance; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 65449155984     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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