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- 77
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- 4
- Pages
- 857-860
- Citations
- 120
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Ronald P. Stolk,
Rudy Meijer,
W.P.T.M. Mali
et al.
(2003).
Ultrasound measurements of intraabdominal fat estimate the metabolic syndrome better than do measurements of waist circumference.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
, 77
(4)
, 857-860.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/77.4.857
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- 10.1093/ajcn/77.4.857