Associations of the limb fat to trunk fat ratio with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

• Publication date

  2009-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/gerona/glp079PMID 19561143
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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