Societal correlates of diabetes prevalence: An analysis across 94 countries

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Siegel, Karen R ^a,b   Echouffo Tcheugui, Justin B ^b   Ali, Mohammed K ^b   Mehta, Neil K ^b   Narayan, K M ^b   Chetty, Veerappa ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diabetes; Global health; Health policy; NCDs; Societal determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT CONTENT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUGAR INTAKE; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84858751598     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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