A population-based survey of prevalence of diabetes and correlates in an urban slum community in Nairobi, Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ayah, Richard ^a   Joshi, Mark D ^a   Wanjiru, Rosemary ^a   Njau, Elijah K ^a   Otieno, C Fredrick ^a   Njeru, Erastus K ^a   Mutai, Kenneth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diabetes correlates; Diabetes mellitus epidemiology; Epidemiological transition; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876952145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-371     Document Type: Article

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