Predicting body composition by densitometry from simple anthropometric measurements.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on January 01, 1996

Authors

M E Lean1, T S Han, P Deurenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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