The metabolic syndrome—a new worldwide definition

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 366
Issue: 9491
Pages: 1059-1062
Citations: 9127
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                                    K. G. M. M. Alberti, 
                                
                                    Paul Zimmet, 
                                
                                    Jonathan E. Shaw
                                
                            (2005). 
                            The metabolic syndrome—a new worldwide definition. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 366
                            (9491)
                            , 1059-1062.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67402-8

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67402-8