Gestational diabetes among aboriginal Australians: Prevalence, time trend, and comparisons with non-aboriginal Australians

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Ishak, Maged ^a   Petocz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Australian aboriginal; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Nutritional and metabolic diseases; Obesity; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037412764     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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