Body composition during fetal development and infancy through the age of 5 years

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1279-1289

  Toro Ramos, T ^a,b   Paley, C ^a   Pi Sunyer, F X ^a,b   Gallagher, D ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CADAVER; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROMETRY; INFANCY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84949100988     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.117     Document Type: Article

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