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Risk for metabolic syndrome in a group of overweight children from South-East Romania

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator
Volume 21 (2013): Issue 1 (March 2013)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2013-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2284-5623 | Journal ISSN: 1841-6624 (formerly 2284-5623)
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Language: English, Romanian
Page range: 83 - 92
Published on: Aug 8, 2013
Published by: Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
overweight children,
hypertension,
dyslipidemia,
metabolic syndrome
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology

© 2013 Bianca I. Chesaru, Michaela Dobre, Gabriel Murariu, Aurel Nechita, published by Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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