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Body mass index, waist hip ratio, and waist circumference: which measure to classify obesity?

✍ Scribed by Tiffany Gill; Catherine Chittleborough; Anne Taylor; Richard Ruffin; David Wilson; Patrick Phillips

Publisher
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
184 KB
Volume
48
Category
Article
ISSN
1661-8556

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