Body Composition in Central Asia Populations: Fat Patterning Variation in the Kazakhs of the Tien Shan Mountains and the Uighurs of Semericia

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Facchini, F ^b   Toselli, S ^c   Ismagulov, O ^a   Fiori, G ^c   Ismagulova, A ^a   Pettener, D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

^b Dipto Biol Evoluzionistica Sperim   (Italy)

^c NONE

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EID: 0000221703     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1998)10:2<241::aid-ajhb9>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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