Body-mass index and all-cause mortality – Authors' reply
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Body mass index and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31369-7