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- 2004
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- review
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 563-569
- Citations
- 365
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- Closed
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Jeffrey M. Friedman
(2004).
Modern science versus the stigma of obesity.
Nature Medicine
, 10
(6)
, 563-569.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0604-563
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- DOI
- 10.1038/nm0604-563