Importance of determining the percentage body fat in endurance-Trained athletes

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-314

  Claessens, Marc ^a   Claessens, Christophe ^a   Claessens, Philip ^a   Henderieckx, Jos ^a   Claessens, Jan ^a  

^a NONE

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ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EATING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; EATING; EXERCISE TEST; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034186421     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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