The clinical importance of visceral adiposity: A critical review of methods for visceral adipose tissue analysis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Shuster, Anatoly ^a   Patlas, M ^a   Pinthus, J H ^a   Mourtzakis, M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455180605     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/38447238     Document Type: Review

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