Changes in waist circumference and the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in middle-aged men and women.

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Published in PLoS One on October 26, 2011

Authors

Tina Landsvig Berentzen1, Marianne Uhre Jakobsen, Jakob Gerhard Stegger, Jytte Halkjaer, Anne Tjønneland, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Kim Overvad

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. tb@ipm.regionh.dk

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