Spatial clusters of county-level diagnosed diabetes and associated risk factors in the United States

Open Diabetes Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Shrestha, Sundar S ^a   Kirtland, Karen A ^a   Thompson, Theodore J ^a   Barker, Lawrence ^a   Gregg, Edward W ^a   Geiss, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

County level; Diabetes cluster; Diabetes risk factors; Geographic cluster; Socioeconomic factors; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871015407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18765246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876524601205010029     Document Type: Article

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