Temporal trends in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a rural community in Sri Lanka

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-94

  Illangasekera, Upali ^a,c   Rambodagalla, Samanthi ^b   Tennakoon, Silumini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Rural; Socio economic status; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TIME;

EID: 1842454031     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400214     Document Type: Article

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