Increased diabetes incidence in Greek and Italian migrants to Australia: How much can be explained by known risk factors?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2330-2334

  Hodge, Allison M ^a   English, Dallas R ^a   O'Dea, Kerin ^b,c   Giles, Graham G ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 4644284929     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.10.2330     Document Type: Article

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