No existing definition of metabolic syndrome meets criteria as a syndrome
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Definition of metabolic syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Obesity
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0307-0565,1476-5497
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803714