Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Kuwaiti children and adolescents

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-275

  Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a   Alsaeid, Mayra ^a   Abdella, Nabila ^a   Refai, Thanaa M K ^b,d   Al Sheikh, Nashami ^c   Gomez, Joseph E ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^d Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Family history of type 2 diabetes; Kuwaiti children and adolescents; Type 2 diabetes, prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44849112938     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129604     Document Type: Article

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