Type 2 diabetes prevalence varies by socio-economic status within and between migrant groups: Analysis and implications for Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Abouzeid, Marian ^a,b   Philpot, Benjamin ^a   Janus, Edward D ^a,c   Coates, Michael J ^a   Dunbar, James A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Migrant; Socio economic status; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VICTORIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875161255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-252     Document Type: Article

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