Conicity: A new index of body fat distribution - What does it tell us?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 489-496

  Mueller, William H ^a   Meininger, Janet C ^a   Liehr, Patricia ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Chandler, P Sim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0000214907     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:4<489::aid-ajhb9>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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