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Body composition among Sri Lankan infants by (18)O dilution method and the validity of anthropometric equations to predict body fat against (18)O dilution

BACKGROUND: Body composition indicators provide a better guidance for growth and nutritional status of the infants. This study was designed to (1) measure the body composition of the Sri Lankan infants using a reference method, the (18)O dilution method; (2) calculate the body fat content of the inf...

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Autores principales: Bandara, Thushari, Hettiarachchi, Manjula, Liyanage, Chandrani, Amarasena, Sujeewa, Wai-Lun Wong, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25943377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0371-2