Diagnosing obesity in lymphology;Adipositas-diagnostik in der lymphologie

Lymphologie in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Herpertz, Ulrich ^a  

^a Abteilung Lymphologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Edema; Lymphology; Waist to height ratio; WHtR

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EDEMA; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74949134637     PISSN: 14335255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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