Obesity and undiagnosed diabetes in the U.S.

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1813-1815

  Wee, Christina C ^a   Hamel, Mary Beth ^a   Huang, Annong ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; CHILD; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; RACE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149099014     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1867     Document Type: Article

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