Type 2 diabetes in the Hispanic or Latino population: Challenges and opportunities

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Caballero, A Enrique ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diabetes; Disparities; Hispanic; Latino

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847688497     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32809f9531     Document Type: Review

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