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Body composition methods can be classified into four categories.
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Kehayias, J.J. (2000). The Elemental Partition Analysis Approach to Body Composition: Possibilities for Future Studies. In: Pierson, R.N. (eds) Quality of the Body Cell Mass. Serono Symposia USA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2090-9_16
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