Rising prevalence of NIDDM in an urban population in India

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 232-237

  Ramachandran, A ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Latha, E ^a   Vijay, V ^a   Viswanathan, M ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Impaired glucose tolerance; India; NIDDM; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031035578     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050668     Document Type: Article

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