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Assessment of the environmental and genetic factors influencing prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim M. Gosadi
Saudi Medical Journal January 2016, 37 (1) 12-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.12675

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