Ethnic and geographic influences on body composition

Handbook of Obesity: Etiology and Pathophysiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 81-92

  Deurenberg, Paul ^a   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^a  

^a Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

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