Ethnocultural diversity and the diabetes epidemic in Canada: A call to action

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-85

  Kumar, Shoba Sujana ^a   Houlden, Robyn L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33646677447     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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