F. The epidemiology of diabetes and its risk factors among Chaldean Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Kridli, Suha Al Oballi ^a   Herman, William H ^b   Brown, Morton ^c   Fakhouri, Haifa ^d   Jaber, Linda A ^e  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Arab American and Chaldean Council   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARAB; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ARABS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 15944407693     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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