Precision of measuring body fat distribution in adolescent African American girls from the 'healthy growth study'

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Mueller, William H ^a   Taylor, Wendell C ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Sangi Haghpeykar, Haleh ^b   Snider, Sharon A ^a   Hsu, Hai An ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000737394     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1996)8:3<325::aid-ajhb3>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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