Diabetes mellitus in the Jamaican elderly

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 82-84

  Eldemire, D ^a   Hagley, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030227889     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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