The metabolic syndrome is no better than its components

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-489

  Iribarren, C ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease, epidemiology; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 35948966898     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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