Índice de massa corporal: Um questionamento científico baseado em evidências

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-69

  Ricardo, Djalma Rabelo ^a   De Araûjo, Claudio Gil Soares ^a,b  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Clinica de Medicina do Exercicio   (Brazil)

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