Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages e253-e260 , October 2010

Relationships between visceral adipose tissue measurement site and the metabolic syndrome in the Korean population

  • Sang Wook Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Soo Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Hee Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Goo Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jung Hyoun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung Mi Nam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Se Hong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-701 Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 249 8158; fax: +82 31 249 8006.

Received 9 April 2010 ,Revised 15 June 2010 ,Accepted 30 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2010.06.002

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages e253-e260 , October 2010

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