Prevalence of obesity among male adolescents in Arar Saudi Arabia: Future risk of cardiovascular disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Community Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0970-0218
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.158864