Assessment of college students' awareness and knowledge about conditions relevant to metabolic syndrome

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yahia, Najat ^a   Brown, Carrie ^b   Rapley, Melyssa ^a   Chung, Mei ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Cardiovascular risk factors; College students; Lay knowledge; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84989170627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-111     Document Type: Article

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