The metabolic syndrome in Inuit [4]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1517-1518

  Pollex, Rebecca L ^a   Khan, Hafiz M R ^a   Connelly, Philip W ^b   Young, T Kue ^c   Hegele, Robert A ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 2542457868     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.6.1517-a     Document Type: Letter

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