Comparison of the body mass index to other methods of body fat evaluation in ethnic Japanese and Caucasian adolescent girls
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 25 (3) , 400-408
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801558
Abstract
International Journal of Obesity is a monthly, multi-disciplinary forum for papers describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition, together with molecular, metabolic, psychological and epidemiological aspects of obesity and related disordersKeywords
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