Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35 , January 2011

Comparison of body composition with bioelectric impedance (BIA) and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) among Singapore Chinese

  • Nidhi Gupta

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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  • Govindasamy Balasekaran

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Visvasuresh Victor Govindaswamy

      Affiliations

    • Texas A&M University, Texarkana, TX, USA
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  • Chia Yong Hwa

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • ,
  • Lim Meng Shun

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Received 13 February 2009 ,Revised 13 March 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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PII: S1440-2440(10)00115-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.04.005

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35 , January 2011

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