Correspondence between waist-to-height ratio and body mass index in juniors
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Obesity Index That Better Predict Metabolic Syndrome: Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio, or Waist Height Ratio
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2377-939X,2377-9381
DOI: 10.5430/jbei.v4n1p1