The SHED-IT Weight Loss Maintenance trial protocol: A randomised controlled trial of a weight loss maintenance program for overweight and obese men
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Clinical Trials
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1551-7144
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.11.004