Selected applications of bioelectrical impedance analysis: Body fluids, blood volume, body cell mass and fat mass

Handbook of Anthropometry: Physical Measures of Human Form in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 415-440

  Stahn, Alexander ^a   Terblanche, Elmarie ^b   Gunga, Hanns Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1788-1_23     Document Type: Chapter

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