Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in scholars from Bucaramanga, Colombia: a population-based study.
Background: Obesity and metabolic syndrome are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases, thus the increasing trend in their prevalence among children and adolescents from developing countries requires a further understanding of their epidemiology and determinants...
| Publicado en: | BMC Pediatrics Vol. 9; pp. 28 - 29 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |