Complex impact of obesity on type 2 diabetes

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 402-403

  Raz, Itamar ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab women; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARABS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20844449734     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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