Overweight and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students in Crete, Greece.

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Published in BMC Public Health on January 08, 2003

Authors

George Bertsias1, Ioannis Mammas, Manolis Linardakis, Anthony Kafatos

Author Affiliations

1: Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Crete, PO Box 1393, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. gbert@med.uoc.gr

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