Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Aleppo, Syria

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Albache, Nizar ^a,b   Al Ali, Radwan ^a,b   Rastam, Samer ^a,b   Fouad, Fouad M ^a   Mzayek, Fawaz ^a,c   Maziak, Wasim ^a,c  

^a SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Prevalence; Syria

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SYRIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77953434526     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2009.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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