Risk factor profile of non-communicable diseases among middle-income (18-65 years) free-living urban population of India

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Mehan, Meenakshi Bakshi ^a   Surabhi, Somila ^a   Solanki, Gautami T ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Free living population; Non communicable diseases; Productive populations; Risk factors; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547352928     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.33184     Document Type: Article

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