Optimal waist circumference cutoffs for abdominal obesity in Chinese
Authors:
- Junxi LuJLJunxi Lu
- Chen WangCWChen Wang
- Ming YangMYMing Yang
- Huating LiHLHuating Li
- Xiaoyan ZhangXZXiaoyan Zhang
- Jiehua ZhuJZJiehua Zhu
- Huijuan LuHLHuijuan Lu
- Weiping JiaWJWeiping Jia
- Kunsan XiangKXKunsan Xiang
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Atherosclerosis
- Vol. 201 (2) , 378-384
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