Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: Characteristics and associated factors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Danquah, Ina ^a,b   Bedu Addo, George ^c   Terpe, Karl Johann ^a   Micah, Frank ^c   Amoako, Yaw A ^c   Awuku, Yaw A ^c   Dietz, Ekkehart ^a   Van Der Giet, Markus ^a   Spranger, Joachim ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858383384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-210     Document Type: Article

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