Comparison of body composition with bioelectric impedance (BIA) and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) among Singapore Chinese

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-35

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Balasekaran, Govindasamy ^a   Victor Govindaswamy, Visvasuresh ^b   Hwa, Chia Yong ^a   Shun, Lim Meng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEXARKANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bland and Altman plot; Body fat; Bone mineral density; Fat free mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650420448     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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