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Obesity and the other components of metabolic syndrome in Chinese nonagenarians and centenarians.

Hao H Qiukui, Dong D Bi-Rong, Huang H Chang-Quan, and Yue Y Ji-Rong

J Am Geriatr Soc 59(5):940-2 (2011) PMID 21568968

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03387.x
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