Precision of a new tool to measure visceral adipose tissue (VAT) using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages E134-E136

  Rothney, Megan P ^a   Xia, Yi ^b   Wacker, Wynn K ^b   Martin, Francois Pierre ^c   Beaumont, Maurice ^c   Rezzi, Serge ^c   Giusti, Vittorio ^d   Ergun, David L ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBESITY; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876257350     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20140     Document Type: Article

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