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Whole-body Composition

Whole-Body Composition is a physiological assessment construct that quantifies the relative proportions and masses of major tissue and fluid compartments—such as fat, muscle, bone, and water—within the entire human body, distinguished from regional or segmental analyses by its comprehensive, systemic scope.

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Body fat assessed from total body density and its estimation from skinfold thickness: measurements on 481 men and women aged from 16 to 72 Years

J. V. G. A. Durnin, J Womersley · British Journal Of Nutrition · 1974 · 6.4K citations · Full text

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Body composition from fluid spaces and density: analysis of methods. 1961.

William E. Siri · PubMed · 1994 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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A syndrome of peripheral lipodystrophy, hyperlipidaemia and insulin resistance in patients receiving HIV protease inhibitors

Andrew Carr, Katherine Samaras, Samantha Burton et al. · AIDS · 1998 · 2.4K citations

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A practical and precise approach to quantification of body composition in cancer patients using computed tomography images acquired during routine care

Marina Mourtzakis, Carla M. Prado, Jessica Lieffers et al. · Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism · 2008 · 2.2K citations

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Generalized equations for predicting body density of women

Andrew S. Jackson, Michael L. Pollock, Ann Ward · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1980 · 1.8K citations

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    Steven B. Heymsfield

    St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, United States

    39 publications · 5.7K citations

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    Paul Deurenberg

    Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Netherlands

    19 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. LB
    Luís B. Sardinha

    University of Lisbon, Portugal

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Dympna Gallagher

    Columbia University, United States

    20 publications · 4.2K citations

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    Jonathan C. K. Wells

    University College London, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

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  1. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

    New York, United States

    35 h-index

    162 publications

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  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    31 h-index

    133 publications

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  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    68 publications

    6.4K citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    22 h-index

    88 publications

    5.2K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    21 h-index

    85 publications

    5K citations

  6. Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    Baton Rouge, United States

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. Unité de Nutrition Humaine

    Clermont-Ferrand, France

    20 h-index

    47 publications

    4.7K citations

  8. University of Rome Tor Vergata

    Rome, Italy

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    63 publications

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  1. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

    AJCN · 93 publications · 12.7K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 165 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

    MSSE · 73 publications · 7.1K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Physiology

    46 publications · 8.4K citations

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  5. British Journal Of Nutrition

    BJN · 56 publications · 10.1K citations

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