Preventing type 2 diabetes: Genes or lifestyle?

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-66

  Weber, Mary Beth ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Lifestyle interventions; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44149088029     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.03.005     Document Type: Editorial

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