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- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 432-436
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Loretta DiPietro,
L. Katz,
ER Nadel
(1999).
Excess abdominal adiposity remains correlated with altered lipid concentrations in healthy older women.
International Journal of Obesity
, 23
(4)
, 432-436.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0800848
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- 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800848