Socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Europe 1999-2009: A panorama of inequalities

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 148-158

  Espelt, A ^a,b,c   Arriola, L ^d   Borrell, C ^a,b,c   Larranaga I ^d   Sandin M ^e   Escolar Pujolar, A ^f  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Incidence; Inequalities; Mortality; Prevalence; Socioeconomic; T2dm

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; DIABETIC PATIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959332146     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: 18756417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339911795843131     Document Type: Review

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