Waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for obesity and cardiometabolic risk
Eun-Gyong Yoo (Yoo EG)
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):425-431.   Published online 2016 Nov 18     DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.11.425
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