Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 446-454 , June 2011

Metabolic syndrome in adolescents in the Balearic Islands, a Mediterranean region

Received 26 April 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.11.008

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Volume 21, Issue 6 , Pages 446-454 , June 2011

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