Waist circumference cut-off values to predict the incidence of hypertension: An estimation from a Brazilian population-based cohort
- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Vol. 19 (1) , 15-19
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