Obesity and Hypertension among Christian Religious Subgroups: Pentecostal vs. Orthodox

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  2016

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  British journal of medicine and medical research

• Publication date

  2016-01-10

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/16724
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