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. 2018 Jun;45(4):297-298.
doi: 10.1080/03014460.2018.1444789. Epub 2018 Apr 11.

Healthy obesity: time to give up the ghost?

William Johnson  1
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Healthy obesity: time to give up the ghost?

William Johnson. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Jun.
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