Increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Oman

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 954-957

  Al Lawati, J A ^b   Al Riyami, A M ^a   Mohammed, A J ^b   Jousilahti, P ^c  

^a Ministryof Health   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age adjustment; Diabetes; Oman; Prevalence; Trends

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036434464     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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