Statistical significance of body impedance measurements in estimating body composition

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Grieve, Clayton ^a   Henneberg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002606573     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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