Scaling of body composition to height: Relevance to height-normalized indexes

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-740

  Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^b   Thomas, Diana ^c   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^d  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79953220446     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.007161     Document Type: Article

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