Gender, socio-economic status and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and old adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Santos, Ana C ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 41149111881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-62     Document Type: Article

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