Detecting undiagnosed diabetes in urban Asian Indians - Role of opportunistic screening

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue JUL, 2004, Pages 545-546

  Ramachandran, A ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Vijay, V ^a   Colagiuri, S ^b  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 13744261320     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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