Assessing metabolic syndrome: Waist circumference versus BMI

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 295-296

  Szarek, Bonnie L ^a   Goethe, John W ^a   Woolley, Stephen B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349132206     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.12.003     Document Type: Letter

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