Life-course socio-economic position, area deprivation and type 2 diabetes: Findings from the British women's heart and health study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1462-1468

  Andersen, A F ^b   Carson, C ^a   Watt, H C ^a   Lawlor, D A ^c   Avlund, K ^b   Ebrahim, S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area deprivation; Epidemiology; Socio economic position; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57449087240     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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