Sick genes, sick individuals or sick populations with chronic disease? The emergence of diabetes and high blood pressure in African-origin populations

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Cruickshank, J K ^a   Mbanya, J C ^b   Wilks, R ^c   Balkau, B ^d   McFarlane Anderson, N ^c   Forrester, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cause; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Genetic screening; High blood pressure; Populations

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR;

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMEROON; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035091296     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.111     Document Type: Article

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