Body mass index underestimates adiposity in women with spinal cord injury

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1223-1225

  Yarar Fisher, Ceren ^a   Chen, Yuying ^b   Jackson, Amie B ^b   Hunter, Gary R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFERENCE VALUE; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84881347004     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20199     Document Type: Article

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