Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in korean children and adolescents according to the international diabetes federation definition in children and adolescents

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Cho, Young Gyu ^a   Song, Hong Ji ^b   Kang, Jae Heon ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adolescent; Child; Metabolic syndrome; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650579328     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.4.261     Document Type: Article

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