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Review
. 2002 Jan;5(1):25-30.
doi: 10.1097/00075197-200201000-00005.

Perspectives on body composition

Gilbert B Forbes  1
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Review

Perspectives on body composition

Gilbert B Forbes. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2002 Jan.

Abstract

Herein modern body composition techniques are described, and the uses to which they are put are set forth. They have increased our knowledge of the human growth process as well as the effects of disease, hormones, and nutrition. In essence they provide for a bloodless dissection of the human body.

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    Kinney JM, Allison S. Kinney JM, et al. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2002 Jan;5(1):1-3. doi: 10.1097/00075197-200201000-00001. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2002. PMID: 11790941 No abstract available.

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