Lifetime Health and Economic Consequences of Obesity
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Lifetime health and economic consequences of obesity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.18.2177