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Correlations between indirect and direct measurements of body composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

A. J Kempster
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2EF
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Comparative Aspects of Body Composition of Farm and Laboratory Animals’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1986

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