Impact of the poverty on the prevalence of diabetes and its complications in urban southern India

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-135

  Ramachandran, A ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Vijay, V ^a   King, H ^b  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications of diabetes; Diabetes; India; Poverty; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CATARACT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POVERTY; PROTEINURIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036125052     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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