Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iran and its relationship with gender, urbanisation, education, marital status and occupation

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 571-576

  Azimi Nezhad, M ^a   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^b   Parizadeh, M R ^b   Safarian, M ^b   Esmaeili, H ^b   Parizadeh, S M J ^b   Khodaee, G ^b   Hosseini, J ^b   Abasalti, Z ^b   Hassankhani, B ^a   Ferns, G ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Sociodeomographics; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 49749092700     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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