Validity of Methods for Estimating Percent Body Fat in Young Women

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

  Stout, Jeffrey R ^b   Housh, Terry J ^a   Eckerson, Joan M ^b   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Betts, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Underwater weighing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030552882     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199602000-00005     Document Type: Article

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