Relationship between blood mercury concentration and waist-to-hip ratio in elderly Korean individuals living in coastal areas

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 218-225

  You, Chang Hun ^a   Kim, Byoung Gwon ^a,b   Kim, Jung Man ^a   Yu, Seung Do ^c   Kim, Yu Mi ^a   Kim, Rock Bum ^b   Hong, Young Seoub ^a,b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factor; Mercury; Obesity; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MERCURY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD MERCURY LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 83455195204     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.5.218     Document Type: Article

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