Impacts of urbanisation on the lifestyle and on the prevalence of diabetes in native Asian Indian population

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-213

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

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Determinants of diabetes; Epidemiology of diabetes; Occupation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0033061325     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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