Cut-off points of anthropometric markers associated with hypertension in the Brazilian population: National Health Survey, 2013
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980019000533