Open AccessEducational disparities in the metabolic syndrome in a rapidly changing society—the case of South Korea
Author(s) -
MyoungHee Kim,
Mi Kyung Kim,
Bo Youl Choi,
Young-jeon Shin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi175
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , gerontology , political science , environmental health , obesity
Most of the evidence about socioeconomic inequalities in the metabolic syndrome comes from Western industrialized societies. The aim of this study is to examine how the inequalities appear and what could explain them in Korea, a rapidly changing society.
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