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Descriptor English: Body Composition
Descriptor Spanish: Composición Corporal
Descriptor composición corporal
Scope note: Cantidades relativas de los diversos componentes del organismo, como por ejemplo el porcentaje de grasa corporal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Composição Corporal
Descriptor French: Composition corporelle
Entry term(s): Body Compositions
Composition, Body
Compositions, Body
Tree number(s): G02.111.130
G03.180
G07.100.049
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001823
Scope note: The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Related: Anthropometry MeSH
DeCS ID: 1848
Unique ID: D001823
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/02
Body Composition - Preferred
Concept UI M0002741
Scope note The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
Preferred term Body Composition
Entry term(s) Body Compositions
Composition, Body
Compositions, Body



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