Is being Hispanic a risk factor for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-283

  Chakraborty, Bandana M ^a   Fernández Esquer, Maria Eugenia ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Genetic Heterogeneity; Hispanics; NIDDM; Risk Factor

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033094709     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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