Patterns of Abdominal Fat Distribution: The Framingham Heart Study

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Patterns of Abdominal Fat Distribution

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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care

سال: 2008

ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548

DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1359