Comparison of body composition in black and white premenopausal women

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-299

  Aloia, John F ^a   Vaswani, Ashok ^b   Ma, Ruimei ^b   Flaster, Edith ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031104642     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(97)90177-3     Document Type: Article

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