Banting Memorial Lecture 2010. Type 2 diabetes as an 'infectious' disease: Is this the Black Death of the 21st century?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-9

  Matthews, D R ^a,b,c   Matthews, P C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Biomedical Research Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Death; Bubonic plague; Epidemic; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VECTOR CONTROL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PANDEMICS; PLAGUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650232469     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03167.x     Document Type: Review

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