Waist/height ratio as a better predictor of type 2 diabetes compared to body mass index in Tehranian adult men--a 3.6-year prospective study.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes

• Publication date

  2006-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1055/S-2006-924123PMID 16868890
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