Body composition analysis in the pediatric population

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-139

  Weber, David R ^a   Leonard, Mary B ^a,b   Zemel, Babette S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Fat Mass Index; Lean Body Mass Index; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PEDIATRICS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLES; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875630101     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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