Developing a tool for obtaining maternal skinfold thickness measurements and assessing inter-observer variability among pregnant women who are overweight and obese

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kannieappan, Lavern M ^a   Deussen, Andrea R ^a   Grivell, Rosalie M ^a   Yelland, Lisa ^a   Dodd, Jodie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Body composition; Inter observer variability; Obese; Overweight; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAPULA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84873970143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-42     Document Type: Article

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