Association between obesity indices and cardiovascular risk factors in late adolescence in the Seychelles.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on November 07, 2012

Authors

Pascal Bovet1, Tiphaine Arlabosse, Bharathi Viswanathan, Gary Myers

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. pascal.bovet@chuv.ch

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