Relative total body fat and skinfold patterning in Filipino national combat sport athletes

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue CSSI-1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Pieter, Willy ^a   Bercades, Luigi T ^b   do KIM, Gun ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC   (Philippines)

^c Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fat; Filipino; Karate; Pencak silat; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751562805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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