Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 854-861 , June 2003

The use of bioelectric impedance analysis to measure fluid compartments in subjects with chronic paraplegia1

  • Andrea C Buchholz, RD, PhD(c)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
    • The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Colleen F McGillivray, MD, FRCP(c)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
    • the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul B Pencharz, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP(c)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Paul B. Pencharz, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP(C), Rm 8263, Div of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
    • The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

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☆ Supported in part by the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (grant no. ONBO-00026).

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doi: 10.1016/S0003-9993(02)04950-X

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 854-861 , June 2003

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