The link between abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome

Liza K. Phillips1, Johannes B. Prins2
1Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology, and Metabolic Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba 4102, Queensland, Australia.
2Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology, and Metabolic Medicine, University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia

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