Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in South Asians.

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Published in Vasc Health Risk Manag on September 07, 2009

Authors

Danny Eapen1, Girish L Kalra, Nadya Merchant, Anjali Arora, Bobby V Khan

Author Affiliations

1: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. deapen@emory.edu

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