BMI, waist-circumference and waist-hip-ratio as diagnostic tests for fatness in adolescents
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- 30 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 29 (2), 163-169
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802867
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