The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Taiwan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Tseng, C H ^a   Chong, C K ^b   Heng, L T ^a   Tseng, C P ^c   Tai, T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Follow up study; Incidence; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GLUCOSE;

AGE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033802461     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(00)00180-7     Document Type: Article

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