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. 2019 Feb;94(2):362-363.
doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.10.014.

Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Obesity: Is It Time to Personalize the Scale?

Fatima Cody Stanford  1 , Minyi Lee  2 , Chin Hur  3
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Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Obesity: Is It Time to Personalize the Scale?

Fatima Cody Stanford et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Feb.
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Potential Competing Interests: Dr Hur received consultancy fees from Novo-Nordisk. The other authors report no competing interests.

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