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. 2025 Oct 2.
doi: 10.1038/s41574-025-01191-z. Online ahead of print.

Global patterns of visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic disease

John C Lin  1 , Clara E Tandar  2
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Global patterns of visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic disease

John C Lin et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. .
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