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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103924

MEASUREMENT OF CHANGE IN TOTAL BODY FAT

Laurence H. Kyle, Edward J. Werdein, John J. Canary, and Bernice Pachuta

Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C.

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Formerly a Research Fellow of the National Institutes of Health.

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Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C.

†

Formerly a Research Fellow of the National Institutes of Health.

*

This study was supported by the William Wade Hinshaw Fund and by a contract between Georgetown University and the Office of Naval Research. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.

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Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C.

†

Formerly a Research Fellow of the National Institutes of Health.

*

This study was supported by the William Wade Hinshaw Fund and by a contract between Georgetown University and the Office of Naval Research. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.

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Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C.

†

Formerly a Research Fellow of the National Institutes of Health.

*

This study was supported by the William Wade Hinshaw Fund and by a contract between Georgetown University and the Office of Naval Research. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.

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Published September 1, 1959 - More info

Published in Volume 38, Issue 9 on September 1, 1959
J Clin Invest. 1959;38(9):1475–1478. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103924.
© 1959 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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