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Abdominal obesity, waist circumference and cardio­metabolic risk: awareness among primary care physicians, the general population and patients at risk – the Shape of the Nations survey

Sidney C. Smith Jr Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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David Haslam National Obesity Forum, Nottingham, UK
Pages 29-47 | Accepted 25 Oct 2006, Published online: 29 Nov 2006

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