Four anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors in Taiwan

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity

سال: 2002

ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497

DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802047