Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Waist Circumference Estimation in Some Korean Adults
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Hong, Young-Seoub
(Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, The Research Society of Environmental Genetic Epidemiology)
Jeong, Baek-Geun (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, The Research Society of Environmental Genetic Epidemiology) Park, Yong-Woo (Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University) Park, Jong-Tae (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Jung, Kap-Yeol (Department of Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) Kim, Joon-Youn (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, The Research Society of Environmental Genetic Epidemiology) Kim, Byoung-Gwon (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) |
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