A Cross-Sectional Study of Socioeconomic Status and the Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Park, Min Jung ^a   Yun, Kyung Eun ^a   Lee, Go Eun ^a   Cho, Hong Jun ^a   Park, Hye Soon ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean; Metabolic Syndrome; Socioeconomic Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33947311513     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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