Skinfold thicknesses: is there a need to be very precise in their location?
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Skinfold thicknesses: is there a need to be very precise in their location?
Skinfold thicknesses represent a comparatively simple and reasonably accurate assessment of body fatness which is an important part of the estimation of nutritional state. However, much emphasis is placed on the necessity to be very precise in the exact position of the skinfold being measure and there is frequently concern, also, about the variability of the measurement by different observers u...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s000711450000283x