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Validation of body composition methods and assumptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Paul Deurenberg
Paul Deurenberg
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Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , September 2003 , pp. 485 - 486
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2003

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