Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in adolescent girls in South East of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Salem, Zinat ^a   Vazirinejad, Reza ^a  

^a Social Medicine Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 66549091054     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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