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Comment
. 1998 Feb 28;316(7132):707.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7132.707.

Weight loss will be much faster in lean than in obese hunger strikers

I N Scobie
Comment

Weight loss will be much faster in lean than in obese hunger strikers

I N Scobie. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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  • Hunger strikes.
    Peel M. Peel M. BMJ. 1997 Oct 4;315(7112):829-30. doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.829. BMJ. 1997. PMID: 9353494 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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