Body composition assessment in the infant

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 291-304

  Demerath, Ellen W ^a   Fields, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84899491025     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22500     Document Type: Article

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