Syndrome X: Prevalence in a large population-based study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 70-75

  Liu, J ^a   Trevisan, M ^a,c   Menotti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Ist Italiano di Medicina Sociale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Insulin; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345900564     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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