Body composition profile of NFL football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-149

  Snow, Teresa K ^a   Millard Stafford, Mindy ^a   Rosskopf, Linda B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Hydrostatic weighing; Skinfolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032372644     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199808000-00003     Document Type: Article

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