Differences in mortality and morbidity in African Caribbean and European people with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: Results of 20 year follow up of a London cohort of a multinational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7061, 1996, Pages 848-852

  Chaturvedi, Nish ^a   Jarrett, John ^b   Morrish, Nick ^c   Keen, Harry ^d   Fuller, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bedford Hospital ^*

^c BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0029789431     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7061.848     Document Type: Article

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