Type 2 diabetes prevalence in Asian Americans: Results of a national health survey

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-69

  McNeely, Marguerite J ^a,c   Boyko, Edward J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Epidemiologic Res and Info Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042280195     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.1.66     Document Type: Article

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