A comparison study of portable foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance scale to measure body fat percentage in asian adults and children.

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Published in Biomed Res Int on August 28, 2014

Authors

Pei Ying Sim1, Tin Tin Su1, Hazreen Abd Majid1, Azmi Mohamed Nahar2, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin3

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Population Health (CePH) and Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2: Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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