Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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The Lion City Institute for Health wants to find out the effects of calorie restriction on health. They recruit 20 LAFS players (during their off-season, obviously). What bias is most likely to show up in their study?
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