Glucose intolerance in Wisconsin's Hmong population

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 13-14

  McCarty, Daniel J ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NOTE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 25444492320     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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