Are skinfold measurements suitable to compare body fat between children with spastic cerebral palsy and healthy controls?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 335-339

  Van den Berg Emons, Rita J G ^a   Van Baak, Marleen A ^a   Van Baak, Klass R ^b  

^a Department of Movement Sciences ^*

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DEUTERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031976487     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15385.x     Document Type: Article

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