Global diabetes landscape-type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Asia: Epidemiology, risk factors, and control

Insulin

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-94

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a   Kumar, Praneet ^a  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; RIMONABANT; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDLINE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH ASIA; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 43549111613     PISSN: 15570843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1557-0843(08)80019-X     Document Type: Article

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