Association between abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in normal-weight Korean women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 447-452

  Kwon, Soyang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b W189Z General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649173001     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802662093     Document Type: Article

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