High prevalence of diabetes mellitus in older people in a rural area in Laos [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1791-1792

  Suzuki, Kentaro ^a   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^b   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Sakagami, Teiji ^a   Roriz Cruz, Matheus ^a   Rosset, Idiane ^a   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Boupha, Boungnong ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c Station of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Laos)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LAOS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33750523843     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00920.x     Document Type: Letter

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