Country of birth-specific and gender differences in prevalence of diabetes in Sweden

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 404-408

  Carlsson, Axel C ^a,b   Wändell, Per E ^a   Hedlund, Ebba ^c   Walldius, Göran ^a   Nordqvist, Tobias ^d   Jungner, Ingmar ^a,e   Hammar, Niklas ^a,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e CALAB Research   (Sweden)

^f ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AMORIS; Diabetes; Ethnic differences; Gender; Migration; Prevalence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SWEDEISH; SWEDEN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878521652     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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