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Oxidative damage and associated inflammatory risk factors in obese Emirati women

Body mass index versus waist circumference

Salah Gariballa, Juma Alkaabi, Javed Yasin and Awad Al Essa
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (9) 960-964; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.9.19629
Salah Gariballa
From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
MD, FRCP
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Juma Alkaabi
From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Javed Yasin
From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
BSc
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Awad Al Essa
From the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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