Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1079-1086 , November 2009

Measurements of body composition in limbs and trunk using a eight contact electrodes impedancemeter

Received 24 September 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00148-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1079-1086 , November 2009

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