Associations between gender, age and waist circumference
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Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity and metabolism
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2306-5524,2071-8713
DOI: 10.14341/2071-8713-5194