In Vivo Body Composition Studies

I. Body Composition in Children and Infants.- Infant Body Composition Measurements as an Assessment of Nutritional Status.- Body Composition in Cystic Fibrosis.- Body Composition Studies in Cystic Fibrosis and Myelomeningocele.- Body Compartment Changes in Sick Children.- Mineral Status in Preterm Infants as Measured by Single Photon Absorptiometry.- Bioelectrical Impedance Indices in Protein-Energy Malnourished Children as an Indicator of Total Body Water Status.- Anthropometry and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Newborns with Intrauterine Growth Retardation.- Extracellular Water Estimated by the Bromide Dilution Method for Samples of Urine, Saliva, and Plasma.- II. Skeletal Tissue.- Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis and Measurements of Body Composition.- Longitudinal Study of Total Body Calcium Measurements in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quantitative CT and Single Photon Absorptiometry.- The Relationship Between Spinal Trabecular Bone Mineral Content and Iliac Crest Trabecular Bone Volume.- Clinical Studies on Osteoporosis.- Alterations of Bone Minerals in Uremic Patients and Renal Graft Recipients.- Body Composition Studies In Premenopausal Healthy Women.- Total and Regional Bone Mass in Healthy and Osteoporotic Women.- Evaluation of Methods of Bone Mass Measurement.- Determination of Bone Mineral Content in the Heel Bone by Dual Photon Absorptiometry.- A Facility for the In Vivo Measurement of Ca and P Content in the Human Hand.- Local Body Composition Measurements by NMR.- III. Lean and Fat Tissues.- A Clinical Approach to Body Composition in Wasting.- Mechanism of Reduction of Total Body Potassium In Malnutrition.- Assessment of Body Composition In Anorexic Patients.- The Role of Body Protein Studies in Clinical Trials.- Total Body Nitrogen and Potassium Determination in Patients During Cis-Platin Treatment.- Clinical Studies of Total Body Nitrogen in an Australian Hospital.- Body Composition for the Investigation of Obesity.- Dual Photon Absorptionetry in Obesity: Effects of Massive Weight Loss.- Body Fat and Adipose Tissue Determinations by Coaputed Tomography and by Measurements of Total Body Potassium.- Studies of Soft Tissue Body Composition Using Single and Dual Photon Absorptiometry.- Comparison of Conductivity, Impedance and Density Methods for Body Composition Assessment of Obese Women.- Sleep and Body Composition.- IV. Trace Element Toxicity.- Issues of Lead Toxicity.- Measurements of Trace Elements In Vivo.- The Measurement of Bone Lead Content in Patients with End Stage Renal Failure.- In Vivo Measurements of Lead in Bone.- Distribution of Load in Hunan Bone: I. Atomic Absorption Measurements.- Distribution of Lead in Human Bone: II. Proton Microprobe Measurements.- Distribution of Lead in Human Bone: III. Synchrotron X-Ray Microscope Measurements.- Automated Bone Lead Analysis by K-X-Ray Fluorescence for the Clinical Environment.- Trace Elemental Analysis in Bone Using X-Ray Microscopy.- Further Improvements of XRF Analysis of Cadmium In Vivo.- V. Body Composition Methodology.- Recent Development in the Prompt-Gamma Total Body Nitrogen Measurement Facility of the Toronto General Hospital.- Performance of the Delayed- and Prompt-Gamma Neutron Activation Systems at Brookhaven National Laboratory.- High Precision In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis: A New Era for Compartmental Analysis in Body Composition.- Dual Photon Absorptiometry: Validation of Mineral and Fat Measurements.- Measurement of Body Fat by Neutron Inelastic Scattering: Comments on Installation, Operation and Error Analysis.- Prompt Gamma Measurements of Nitrogen and Chlorine in Normal Volunteers.- Deternination of Total Body Calcium by Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis: Absolute In Vivo Measurements.- Distribution of Body Water in Rats.- Rn-222 and Rn-222 Progeny in the Human Body: Effect on In Vivo K-40 Measurements.- Applications of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: A Critical Review.- The Use of Segmental Bioelectrical Impedance in Estimating Body Composition.- Trim: An Electromagnetic Body Composition Analyser.- The Assessment of the Body Composition in the Elderly by Densitometry, Anthropometry and Bioelectrical Impedance.- VI. Recent Developments in Instrumentation.- A Method for In Vivo Determination of Carbon and Oxygen Using Prompt Gamma Radiations Induced by 14.7-MeV Neutrons.- Development of a Total Body Chlorine Analyser Using A Bismuth Germanate Detector System and a 252Cf Neutron Source.- The In Vivo Precision of Broadband Ultrasonic Attenuation.- Feasibility Studies in the In Vivo Measurement of Iron in Synovial Membrane.- In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy.- Body Composition by Dual-Photon Absorptiometry and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.- The Use of Electrical Impedance and Infra-Red Interactance to Determine Non Water Lean Component of Fat Free Mass.- Development of a Technique to Measure Bone Aluminium In Vivo Using a CF-252 Neutron Source.- Author Index.