Validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis in predicting total body water and adiposity among Senegalese school-aged children

Adama Diouf; Ousmane Diongue; Mégné Nde; Nicole Idohou-Dossou; Mbeugué Thiam; Salimata Wade

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204486

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Validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis in predicting total body water and adiposity among Senegalese school-aged children

Adama Diouf ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adama.diouf@ucad.edu.sn

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-1518

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Ousmane Diongue ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ousmane Diongue, Mégné Nde, Mbeugué Thiam

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal
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Mégné Nde ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ousmane Diongue, Mégné Nde, Mbeugué Thiam

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal
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Nicole Idohou-Dossou,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal
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Mbeugué Thiam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ousmane Diongue, Mégné Nde, Mbeugué Thiam

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal
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Salimata Wade

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire de Nutrition, Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar, Sénégal
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Validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis in predicting total body water and adiposity among Senegalese school-aged children

Adama Diouf,
Ousmane Diongue,
Mégné Nde,
Nicole Idohou-Dossou,
Mbeugué Thiam,
Salimata Wade

Published: October 11, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204486

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