Global variability in diabetes mellitus and its association with body weight and primary healthcare support in 49 low- and middle-income developing countries

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 995-1002

  Liu, L ^a   Yin, X ^b   Morrissey, S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Diabetes; Global variability; Healthcare support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864007967     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03549.x     Document Type: Article

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