Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in two tribal populations of the sub-Himalayan region of India: Ethnic and rural-urban differences

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 814-817

  Sarkar, Sobhanjan ^a   Das, Mithun ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Barun ^a   Chakraborty, Chandra Sekhar ^b   Majumder, Partha P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30544449974     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20448     Document Type: Article

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