Prevalence of diabetes among native Americans and Alaska Natives, 1990-1997: An increasing burden

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1786-1790

  Burrows, Nilka Ríos ^a,b,c   Geiss, Linda S ^b   Engelgau, Michael M ^b   Acton, Kelly J ^a  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033659368     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.12.1786     Document Type: Article

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