The Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry: Body Composition Analysis Reporting

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-519

  Petak, Steven ^a   Barbu, Carmen G ^b   Yu, Elaine W ^c   Fielding, Roger ^d   Mulligan, Kathleen ^e   Sabowitz, Brian ^f   Wu, Chih Hsing ^g   Shepherd, John A ^e  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adipose mass; Body composition; Bone mineral density; Lean mass; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPOATROPHY; LIPODYSTROPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE MASS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; LEAN MASS; WHOLE BODY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84887000618     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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