Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 196-202 , May 2010

Association between alcohol intake amount and prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Korean rural male population

  • Mi Young Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Min Young Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
    • Institute of Genomic Cohort, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Song Yi Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Jae Hyun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Bo Hwan Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Jang Yel Shin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Goo Shin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • Jin Ha Yun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
    • Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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  • So Yeon Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Tae Yong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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  • Sang Baek Koh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
    • Institute of Genomic Cohort, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Preventive Medicine and Institute of Occupational Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 162 Ilsan-dong, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do 220-701, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 33 741 0345; fax: +82 33 747 0409.
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  • Choon Hee Chung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 162 Ilsan-dong, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do 220-701, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 33 741 0506; fax: +82 33 731 5884.

Received 20 October 2009 ,Revised 29 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 196-202 , May 2010

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