Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in a student cohort from Southern Italy

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Noto, D ^a   Niglio, T ^b   Cefalu A B ^a   Martino, E ^c   Fayer, F ^a   Mina, M ^a   Valenti, V ^a   Notarbartolo, A ^a   Averna, M ^a   Martino, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Factor analysis; Metabolic syndrome; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 70449127350     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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