Hyperinsulinemia in a Population at High Risk for Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 315, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 220-224

  Haffner, Steven M ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a   Haztjda, Helen P ^a   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^a   Patterson, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK;

EID: 0022623832     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198607243150403     Document Type: Article

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