The close association between low economic status and glucose intolerance in elderly subjects in a rural area in Laos [10]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2101-2102

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^b   Wada, Taizo ^b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Boupha, Boungnong ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (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;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; LAOS; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 36849019609     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01408.x     Document Type: Letter

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