Diabetes in African Caribbean, and Indo-Asian ethnic minority people

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-346

  Burden, Mary L ^b   Woghiren, Owen ^b   Burden, A C 'Felix' ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; LIPID; METFORMIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ABORTION; AFRICA; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033880850     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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