Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 12-19 , February 2009

Use of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in obese individuals: The possibility to estimate whole body composition from DXA half-body scans

  • K. Lundqvist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 517 703 52; fax: +46 8 517 745 83.
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  • M. Neovius

      Affiliations

    • Obesity Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • A. Grigorenko

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Unit, YLab Wellcare Institute, SE-113 60 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • J. Nordenström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • S. Rössner

      Affiliations

    • Obesity Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 23 August 2007 ,Revised 7 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.02.006

Radiography
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