Demographic differences in body composition of Navy and Marine Corps personnel: Findings from the perception of wellness and readiness assessment

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-69

  Hourani, Laurel L ^a   Graham, Wendy F ^a   Sorenson, Diane ^a   Yuan, Huixing ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SAILOR;

EID: 0033983985     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.1.60     Document Type: Article

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