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Estimating body fat in African American and white adolescent girls: a comparison of skinfold-thickness equations with a 4-compartment criterion model

Wong et al., 2000

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5454109993781774075
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Wong W
Stuff J
Butte N
Smith E
Ellis K
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The American journal of clinical nutrition

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Background: Although skinfold-thickness equations are widely used to estimate body fat, their accuracy in a biracial population of female adolescents has not been established. Objective: We undertook this study to determine the agreement between 8 widely used …
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