A study on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in coastal Karnataka

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Rao, Chythra R ^a   Kamath, Veena G ^a   Shetty, Avinash ^a   Kamath, Asha ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Socio demographic correlates; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951757327     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.62597     Document Type: Article

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