Identification of the high-risk obese patient using waist circumference: Current practices and new frontiers

Obesity and Weight Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-20

  Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77649114512     PISSN: 19486553     EISSN: 19486561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/owm.2010.0104     Document Type: Article

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