Body mass index of 23 or more is a risk factor For hypertension and hyperlipidemia in Japanese workers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 733-738

  Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a   Morihashi, Maki ^a   Ueda, Harumi ^a   Sirato, Takako ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34547331276     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.3.733-738     Document Type: Article

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