Waist to stature ratio is more strongly associated with cardiovascular risk factors than other simple anthropometric indices
- 12 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Annals of Epidemiology
- Vol. 13 (10), 683-691
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1047-2797(03)00067-x
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