Body mass index as an indicator of metabolic disorders in annual health checkups among Japanese male workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 611-616

  Ohwaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual health checkups; Atherosclerosis; Body mass index; Liver dysfunction; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149150841     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.611     Document Type: Article

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