Body shape by 3-D photonic scanning in Thai and UK adults: Comparison of national sizing surveys

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-154

  Wells, J C K ^a   Treleaven, P ^b   Charoensiriwath, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

anthropometry; body mass index; body shape; photonic scanning; physique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; THIGH; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC SCANNING; TRUNK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; THAILAND; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

THAIS;

EID: 84855674741     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.51     Document Type: Article

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