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Obesity: Effects on Cardiovascular Disease and its Diagnosis

Boban Mathew, Lisa Francis, Attila Kayalar and Jesse Cone
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2008, 21 (6) 562-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.080080
Boban Mathew
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Attila Kayalar
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