Diabetes mellitus type 2 and other chronic non-communicable diseases in the central region, Saudi Arabia (riyadh cohort 2): A decade of an epidemic

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a   Al Attas, Omar S ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^a,b   Yousef, Mansour ^c   Sabico, Shaun L ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959274524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-76     Document Type: Article

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