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Estimation of Total Body Fat from Potassium-40 Content
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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.
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- Authors
- Forbes, G. B., Gallup, J., & Hursh, J. B.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1961-01-13
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 3446
- Pages
- 101-102
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1976787064
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- 340
- References
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- FWCI
- 22.85
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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