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Science, Volume 133, 1961: Estimation of total body fat from potassium-40 content

Journal Article · · Nutrition Reviews; (United States)
OSTI ID:5398538
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On the assumption that the potassium content of the lean body mass is constant, it should be possible to estimate fat content in living man from a measurement of potassium-40 activity in the whole-body scintillation counter. A series of such measurements on children and young adults shows good correlations with skin-fold thickness and weight/height ratio as indices of fatness.
OSTI ID:
5398538
Journal Information:
Nutrition Reviews; (United States), Journal Name: Nutrition Reviews; (United States) Vol. 49:4; ISSN 0029-6643; ISSN NUREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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550201* -- Biochemistry-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ADIPOSE TISSUE
ALKA
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BODY COMPOSITION
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MAN
NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
TISSUES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES
WHOLE-BODY COUNTING