Diabetes in a global perspective;Diabetes i et internasjonalt perspektiv

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2686-2689

  Jervell, Jak ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE STYLE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034692315     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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