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Respiration chamber calorimetry and doubly labeled water: two complementary aspects of energy expenditure?

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The author dedicates this paper to Pr. Hiro Tanaka (Univ. of Fukuoka, Japan) who passed away on April 23, 2018. He leaves behind a whole school of dedicated scientists, to whom he has transmitted his passion for research and his intellectual robustness.

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Schutz, Y. Respiration chamber calorimetry and doubly labeled water: two complementary aspects of energy expenditure?. Eur J Clin Nutr 72, 1310–1313 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0233-8

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