Somatotype and Indicators of Metabolic Fitness in Youth

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-350

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a   Song, Thomas M K ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0000888754     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1998)10:3<341::AID-AJHB9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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