The epidemiology of diabetes and its risk factors among Chaldean Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-356

  Kridli, Suha Al Oballi ^a,e   Herman, William H ^b   Brown, Morton B ^b   Fakhouri, Haifa ^c   Jaber, Linda A ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Arab American and Chaldean Council   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e 406 O'Dowd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARABS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34250697487     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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