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. 2014;7(5):322-8.
doi: 10.1159/000368783. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Beyond BMI--phenotyping the obesities

John E Blundell  1 , Abdul G Dulloo, Javier Salvador, Gema Frühbeck; EASO SAB Working Group on BMI
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Beyond BMI--phenotyping the obesities

John E Blundell et al. Obes Facts. 2014.
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