The impact of socioeconomic status on the incidence of metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese health screening population

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 551-559

  Yang, Xinghua ^a,b   Tao, Qiushan ^a   Sun, Feng ^a   Zhan, Siyan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Socioeconomic status Metabolic syndrome Incidence Longitudinal study Taiwan checked up Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84863778306     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0347-z     Document Type: Article

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