The metabolic syndrome in the West Bank population: An urban-rural comparison

Diabetes Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-279

  Abdul Rahim, Hanan F ^a,b   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a,b   Bjertness, Espen ^b   Giacaman, Rita ^a   Gordon, Nahida H ^d   Jervell, Jak ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035144019     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.2.275     Document Type: Article

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