Familial aggregation of abdominal visceral fat level: Results from the Quebec family study
✍ Scribed by Louis Pérusse; J.P. Després; Simone Lemieux; Treva Rice; D.C. Rao; Claude Bouchard
- Book ID
- 117180220
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 566 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8600
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