Prevalence of Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Swedish Primary Care and Occupational Health Clinics
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Facts
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1662-4025,1662-4033
DOI: 10.1159/000156530