Waist circumference, BMI and the prevalence of self-reported diabetes among the elderly of the United States and six cities of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

• Publication date

  2007-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.DIABRES.2007.06.008PMID 17669541
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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