Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among First Nations children: New entity among First Nations people of northwestern Ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue MAY, 1996, Pages 869-876

  Harris, Stewart B ^a   Perkins, Bruce A y ^b   Whalen Brough, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030137121     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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