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Body Composition Measurements for Nutrition Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

W. A. Coward ,
Susan A. Parkinson  and
P. R. Murgatroyd
W. A. Coward
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Dunn Nutrition Laboratory, Downham's Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
Susan A. Parkinson
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Dunn Nutrition Laboratory, Downham's Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
P. R. Murgatroyd
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Dunn Nutrition Laboratory, Downham's Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 115 - 124
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1988

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