Prevalence of metabolic abnormalities and association with obesity among Saudi college students

International Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abolfotouh, Mostafa A ^a   Al Alwan, Ibrahim A ^a   Al Rowaily, Mohammed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNDROME DELINEATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84872124865     PISSN: 20900384     EISSN: 20900392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/819726     Document Type: Article

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