Comparative body fat assessment in elite footballers

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 278-279

  Ozcakar L ^a   Cetin A ^a   Kunduracyolu B ^b   Ulkar B ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0037780839     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.3.278     Document Type: Article

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