Diabetes prevalence and its risk factors in urban Pondicherry

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 166-169

  Gupta, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Singh, Zile ^a   Purty, Anil J ^a   Vishwanathan, Mohan ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Indian Diabetes Risk score; Obesity; Risk factors; Urban area

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049129011     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.57348     Document Type: Article

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