Techniques used in measuring human body composition

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A Pietrobelli1, Z Wang, S B Heymsfield

  • 1Obesity Research Centre, Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA. AP263@Columbia.edu

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
|November 24, 1999
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