Is there really an epidemic of type 2 diabetes?

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9383, 2003, Pages 503-504

  Gale, Edwin A M ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0041656451     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14148-7     Document Type: Note

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