Hierarchical differences in body composition of professional Sumo wrestlers

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Hattori, Komei ^a   Kondo, M ^b   Abe, T ^c   Tanaka, S ^a   Fukunaga, T ^d  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0033103044     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282886     Document Type: Article

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