Metabolic syndrome among Moroccan Sahraoui adult women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 598-601

  Rguibi, Mohamed ^a   Belahsen, Rekia ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOROCCO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4444249057     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20065     Document Type: Article

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