The thickness of the adductor pollicis muscle reflects the muscle compartment and may be used as a new anthropometric parameter for nutritional assessment

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care

• Publication date

  2004-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/00075197-200405000-00009PMID 15075921
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