Rural and urban differences in diabetes prevalence in Tanzania: The role of obesity, physical inactivity and urban living

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 637-644

  Aspray, Terence J ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^b   Rashid, Seif ^b   Whiting, David ^b   Edwards, Richard ^a   Alberti, K George ^a   Unwin, Nigel C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Prevalence; Risk factors; Rural population; Tanzania; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033653587     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90216-5     Document Type: Article

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