The metabolic syndrome and associated components among African women / J. Kotze

The metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components have become a serious problem worldwide. The MS describes a cluster of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease. Some of these factors (hypertension, diabetes and obesity in women) have been found to be common among Africans. Therefore, the aim of...

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Main Author: Kotze, Jolene
Published: North-West University 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/576