The prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome among elderly in general population

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-134

  Lim, Juwon ^a   Kim, Soyeun ^a   Ke, Soshin ^a   Cho, Belong ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Elderly; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960818955     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.2.128     Document Type: Article

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