منابع مشابه
Subcutaneous fatness and mortality.
1 From the Research Section, Tuberculosis Program, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland. "Present address: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205. 3 Present address: Division of Occupational Health, Public Health Service, Department of Heal...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn325