Metabolic syndrome in a large chemical company: Prevalence in a screened worksite sample

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Oberlinner, Christoph ^a   Humpert, Per M ^b   Nawroth, Peter P ^b   Zober, Andreas ^a   Morcos, Michael ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Metabolic syndrome; Prevention; Working population

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 39049156884     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-007-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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