Prevalence of adult diabetes in Ibadan, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Owoaje, E E ^a   Rotimi, C N ^b   Kaufman, J S ^b   Tracy, J ^b   Cooper, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031437271     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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