Global epidemic of type 2 diabetes: Implications for developing countries

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Osei, Kwame ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta cell function; Blacks; Insulin sensitivity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; AFRICA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0042528355     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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