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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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