Micro-and macrovascular complications among Greenlanders and Danes with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Nuuk, Greenland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-207

  Pedersen, Michael Lynge ^a   Jacobsen, Jytte Lindskov ^a   Lynge, Anna Rask ^a  

^a Center for Primary Health Care in Nuuk   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic complications; Greenland; Inuit; Lifestyle; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952900661     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i2.17442     Document Type: Review

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