Sensitivity and specificity of the body mass index to assess low percent body fat in African Women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-31

  Gartner, Agnes ^a,c   Maire, Bernard ^a   Traissac, Pierre ^a   Massamba, Jean Pierre ^b   Kameli, Yves ^a   Keraudren, Vincent ^a   Delpeuch, Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b DGRST   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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