Metabolic syndrome: Its prevalence and relationship to socio-economic parameters in an Iranian population

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Azimi Nezhad, M ^a   Ghayour Mobarhan, M ^a   Parizadeh, S M R ^a   Safarian, M ^a   Esmaeili, H ^a   Khodaei, G H ^a   Kazemi Bajestani, S M R ^a   Hosseini, S J ^a   Parizadeh, S M J ^a   Jooya, M ^a   Ferns, G A ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40649091606     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2007.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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