Measurement of abdominal fat by CT compared to waist circumference and BMI in explaining the presence of coronary calcium
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- 5 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 28 (12), 1594-1599
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802796
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