Abdominal obesity: prevalence, sociodemographic- and lifestyle-associated factors in adolescents
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Prevalence of abdominal obesity in adolescents: association between sociodemographic factors and lifestyle
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Growth and Development
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2175-3598,0104-1282
DOI: 10.7322/jhgd.127653