Is waist circumference a useful measure in predicting health outcomes in the elderly?
- 27 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 26 (10) , 1349-1355
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802080
Abstract
International Journal of Obesity is a monthly, multi-disciplinary forum for papers describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition, together with molecular, metabolic, psychological and epidemiological aspects of obesity and related disordersKeywords
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