Anthropometry: continued refinements and new developments of an ancient method

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¹ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, Baton Rouge, LA; and steven.heymsfield@pbrc.edu.
² Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

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Steven B Heymsfield et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jan.

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. 2017 Jan;105(1):1-2.

doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.148346. Epub 2016 Dec 21.

¹ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, Baton Rouge, LA; and steven.heymsfield@pbrc.edu.
² Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

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