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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyi253
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What aspects of body fat are particularly hazardous and how do we measure them?

M. B. Snijder 1 *, R. M. van Dam 2, M. Visser 1, and J. C. Seidell 1

1 Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
M. B. Snijder, E-mail: marieke.snijder{at}falw.vu.nl



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