Comparison of body adiposity index (BAI) and bmi with estimations of % body fat in clinically severe obese women

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-498

  Geliebter, Allan ^a,b   Atalayer, Deniz ^a,b   Flancbaum, Louis ^a,c   Gibson, Charlisa D ^a,b  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE;

EID: 85027950183     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20264     Document Type: Article

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