Diabetes epidemic in newly westernized populations: Is it due to thrifty genes or to genetically unknown foods?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 622-625

  Baschetti, Riccardo ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0032416366     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689809101203     Document Type: Article

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