A comparison of proxy measures of abdominal obesity in Chinese, European and South Asian adults

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Diabetic Medicine

• Publication date

  1999-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00163.xPMID 10547213
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