Who Reports Receiving Advice to Lose Weight?
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Who reports receiving advice to lose weight? Results from a multistate survey.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.15.2334