Assessing obesity: classification and epidemiology.

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Published in Br Med Bull on January 01, 1997

Authors

J C Seidell1, K M Flegal

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

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