Prevalence of obesity and contributing factors among Sherpa women in urban and rural Nepal

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  1998

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  American Journal of Human Biology

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  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1998)10:4<519::AID-AJHB12>3.0.CO;2-BPMID 28561471
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