Why don't pigs get diabetes? Explanations for variations in diabetes susceptibility in human populations living in a diabetogenic environment

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-26

  Gerstein, Hertzel C ^a   Waltman, Laura ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SWINE;

EID: 30344432126     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050649     Document Type: Short Survey

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