Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 363 (9403), 157-163
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15268-3
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