Prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Nauru

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khambalia, Amina ^a   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^b   Smith, Ben J ^c   Keke, Kieren ^d   Dan, Li ^e   Fitzhardinge, Andrew ^f   Bauman, Adrian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Government of Nauru   (Nauru)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

adult diabetes; epidemiology; population studies; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053173517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-719     Document Type: Article

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