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Birth cohort differences in anthropometric measures in the older elderly: the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging (1997 and

Aline Dayrell Ferreira Sales1, Cibele Comini César, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

  • 1Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. dayrellferreira@yahoo.com.br

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