Commentary: Trends in prevalence of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in South Asians-does it tell a story?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1554-1555

  Gujral, Unjali P ^a   Echouffo Tcheugui, Justin B ^b   Narayan, KM Venkat ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS;

EID: 83455213400     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr195     Document Type: Note

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