Diabetes mellitus in India: The modern scourge

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Mehta, Shivram R ^a   Kashyap, A S ^b   Das, S ^c  

^a AMC Centre and School   (India)

^b Command Hospital ^*  (India)

^c DGAFMS   (India)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Familial aggregation; Gestational diabetes; Insulin resistance; Type 2 diabetes; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; ROSIGLITAZONE;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL AGGREGATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MACROVASCULARIZATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SYNDROME X; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 70349198288     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(09)80056-7     Document Type: Review

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