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- 2000
- Type
- letter
- Volume
- 284
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1650-1650
- Citations
- 420
- Access
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Ali H. Mokdad
(2000).
The Continuing Epidemic of Obesity in the United States.
JAMA
, 284
(13)
, 1650-1650.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.13.1650
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- 10.1001/jama.284.13.1650