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The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a farm worker community in the Boland district, South Africa

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, not much is known about MetS in farm working communities. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of the MetS in a farm working population from the Boland winelands district of the Western Cape, South Africa. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was followed among farm w...

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Autores principales:	Kruger, Maritza J., Nell, Theo A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28077105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3973-1

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