Relationship of Body Density, Body Fat and Lean Body Massto Physique Assessed in Terms of Principal Components
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of physiological anthropology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0287-8429
DOI: 10.2114/ahs1983.3.134