The association between socioeconomic status and prevalence of diabetes mellitus in rural Japan

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-229

  Hayashino, Yasuaki ^a   Yamazaki, Shin ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^b   Sokejima, Shigeru ^c   Fukuhara, Shunich ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Education; Income; Occupation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952114926     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2010.486423     Document Type: Article

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