Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 57-66 , January 2003

Estimation of body composition from total body potassium [40K] counts among college women

  • Zeinab A. Saleh

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition & Food Sci. Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
    • ,
  • Fatma H. Abdel Razek

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition & Biochemistry Dept., Women College, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Laila Hussein

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition & Food Sci. Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1-202-337-0931.

Received 28 November 2001 ,Revised 26 July 2002 ,Accepted 30 July 2002.

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Nutrition Research
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 57-66 , January 2003

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