Diabetes in Africans. Part 1: Epidemiology and clinical specificities

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 628-634

  Sobngwi, E ^a   Mauvais Jarvis, F ^a   Vexiau, P ^a   Mbanya, J C ^a   Gautier, J F ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Complications; Diabetes; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035664924     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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