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Pathogenesis of obesity
The escalating prevalence of obesity worldwide is an ever increasing source of concern to disease surveillance units, health monitoring agencies and healthcare providers globally. Resource allocation in healthcare has had to be tailored to the management of this global epidemic. However the key to success in tackling this problem lies in prevention and this in itself mandates a thorough underst...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5852.550-f