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Triceps skin fold and upper arm muscle size norms for assessment of nutritional status1,2

A. Roberto Frisancho·1974·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI 10.1093/ajcn/27.8.1052
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Authors
Frisancho, A. R.
Venue
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1974-10
Volume
27
Issue
10
Pages
1052-1058
ISSN
0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1093/ajcn/27.8.1052
OpenAlex
W2149700345
Cited by
510
References
0
FWCI
2.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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