Body composition and resting metabolic rate of Japanese college Sumo wrestlers and non-athlete students: are Sumo wrestlers obese?
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عنوان ژورنال: Anthropological Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0918-7960,1348-8570
DOI: 10.1537/ase.040210