High prevalence of metabolic syndrome & its correlates in two tribal populations of India & the impact of urbanization

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 679-686

  Sarkar, Sobhanjan ^a   Das, Mithun ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Barun ^a   Chakrabarti, C S ^b   Majumder, Partha P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

India; Metabolic syndrome; Tribal population; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 33746132075     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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