The role of second-hand smoking on the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in elderly men and women living in Mediterranean islands: The MEDIS study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-243

  Vardavas, C I ^a   Lionis, C ^a   Polychronopoulos, E ^b   Zeimbekis, A ^c   Bountziouka, V ^b   Stravopodis, P ^b   Metallinos, G ^b   Panagiotakos, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Mytilini   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PASSIVE SMOKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 76249085883     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02889.x     Document Type: Article

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