Validation of five simple models estimating body fat in white postmenopausal women use in clinical practice and research

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1329-1332

  Kanellakis, Spyridon ^a   Manios, Yannis ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICEP SKINFOLD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRICEP SKINFOLD; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861579201     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.403     Document Type: Article

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