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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 375
Issue: 9710
Pages: 181-183
Citations: 6297
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                                    Robert H. Eckel, 
                                
                                    KGMM Alberti, 
                                
                                    Scott M. Grundy
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            The metabolic syndrome. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 375
                            (9710)
                            , 181-183.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61794-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61794-3