Prevalence of diabetes in various habitats of West Bengal, India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 580-585

  Das, Sutapa ^a   Maji, D ^a   Majumder, P P ^a,b  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Habitats; Prevalence; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33646464251     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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