Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in southwest Germany

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Supplement

Volumn 65, Issue 240, 2005, Pages 122-128

  Boehm, Bernhard O ^a,b   Claudi Boehm, Simone ^a   Yildirim, Suzan ^a   Haenle, Mark M ^a   Hay, Birgit ^b   Mason, Richard A ^a   Steinbach, Gerald ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^b   Kern, Peter ^a   März, Winfried ^c   Kratzer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

ATP III; Diabetes; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; ADULT TREATMENT PANEL III; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 23844510285     PISSN: 0085591X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510500236309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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