Probable blind spot in the international diabetes federation definition of metabolic syndrome

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1096-1100

  Chen, Hsin Jen ^a   Pan, Wen Harn ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b N141 IBMS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Definition; Evaluation; Metabolic syndrome; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250650005     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.633     Document Type: Article

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