BMI, fat and muscle differences in urban women of five ethnicities from two countries

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Ethnic groupMedicineBody mass indexObesityEndocrinologyInternal medicineDemographyGerontologySociology

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 31
Issue: 8
Pages: 1232-1239
Citations: 194
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                                    Elaine Rush, 
                                
                                    Julia H. Goedecke, 
                                
                                    Courtney Jennings
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            BMI, fat and muscle differences in urban women of five ethnicities from two countries. 
                            International Journal of Obesity
                            , 31
                            (8)
                            , 1232-1239.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803576
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803576