The double puzzle of diabetes

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6940, 2003, Pages 599-602

  Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; MEDICINE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MICRONESIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037497326     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/423599a     Document Type: Short Survey

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