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- Year
- 1973
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 281-92
- Citations
- 91
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J Womersley,
J. V. G. A. Durnin
(1973).
An experimental study on variability of measurements of skinfold thickness on young adults..
PubMed
, 45
(2)
, 281-92.