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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 314823, 7 pages
Familial Aggregation of Metabolic Syndrome Indicators in Portuguese Families
1CIFI2D, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa 91, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
2Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
3INSERM, UMR S937, Institute for Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris6), 75654 Paris Cedex 13, France
Received 11 April 2013; Accepted 28 August 2013
Academic Editor: Roya Kelishadi
Copyright © 2013 D. M. Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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