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Editorial
. 2001 Mar 24;322(7288):687-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.687.

Abdominal obesity and the "hypertriglyceridaemic waist" phenotype

P Little, C D Byrne
Editorial

Abdominal obesity and the "hypertriglyceridaemic waist" phenotype

P Little et al. BMJ. .
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