Metabolic Syndrome; Comparing the Results of Three Definition Criteria in an Iraqi Sample
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Females: Comparison between Iranian National Definition and Currently Used International Criteria
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عنوان ژورنال: AL-Kindy College Medical Journal
سال: 1970
ISSN: 2521-4365,1810-9543
DOI: 10.47723/kcmj.v14i2.39