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The thickness of a skin fold is usually measured with mechanical instruments such as a vernier caliper or a skin fold caliper [4].
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Lubach, D., Neumann, G., Kietzmann, M. (1993). Simultaneous Measurement of Thickness and Compressibility of a Skin Fold. In: Frosch, P.J., Kligman, A.M. (eds) Noninvasive Methods for the Quantification of Skin Functions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78157-5_5
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