Anthropometry and body composition in ethnic Japanese and Caucasian adolescent girls: considerations on ethnicity and menarche
- 14 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 27 (9) , 1114-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802374
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