Body mass index and circumferences: Are they suitable measures of fat distribution in rural South African children?

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Toriola, A L ^a   Monyeki, K D ^a   Monyeki, M A ^a   Mothiba, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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