Keywords
ObesityEthnic groupMedicineAction (physics)Body mass indexInternal medicineEndocrinologyGerontologyAnthropologySociology
MeSH Terms
Body Mass IndexHumansObesityPractice Guidelines as Topic
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- Year
- 2003
- Type
- letter
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 287-288
- Citations
- 43
- Access
- Closed
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June Stevens
(2003).
Ethnic-specific cutpoints for obesity vs country-specific guidelines for action.
International Journal of Obesity
, 27
(3)
, 287-288.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802255
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802255
- PMID
- 12629554