Evaluation of waist circumference cut-off values as a marker for fatty liver among Japanese workers

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Abe, Naomi ^a   Honda, Sumihisa ^b   Jahng, Doosub ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Health check examination; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis; Ultrasonography; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879025309     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.4.287     Document Type: Article

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