Metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese metropolitan adult population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a,b   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a   Lai, Ming May ^a   Li, Chia Ing ^a   Chen, Ching Chu ^a   Chang, Pei Chia ^a   Lin, Wen Yuan ^a   Lee, Yih Dar ^c   Lin, Tsann ^a,d   Li, Tsai Chung ^e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK; TAIWAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35748946003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-239     Document Type: Article

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