Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Croatia

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-267

  Metelko, Željko ^a   Pavlić Renar, Ivana ^b   Poljičanin, Tamara ^a   Szirovitza, Lajos ^c   Turek, Stjepan ^d  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Chamber of Commerce   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; HOMA IR; Impaired fasting glucose; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROATIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROATIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47649088468     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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