The global diabetes pandemic: The Tunisian experience

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-165

  Bouguerra, R ^a   Alberti, H ^b   Salem, L B ^a   Rayana, C B ^a   Atti, J E ^a   Gaigi, S ^a   Slama, C B ^a   Zouari, B ^c   Alberti, K ^d  

^a Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TUNISIA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847007664     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602478     Document Type: Article

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