High prevalence of normal waist circumference in Japanese employees with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-312

  Takahara, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84875385557     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.14852     Document Type: Letter

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