Gender differences in the association of individual social class and neighbourhood unemployment rate with prevalent type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study from the DIAB-CORE consortium

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Müller, Grit ^a   Hartwig, Saskia ^b   Greiser, Karin Halina ^b,c   Moebus, Susanne ^d   Pundt, Noreen ^d   Schipf, Sabine ^e   Völzke, Henry ^e   Maier, Werner ^f   Meisinger, Christa ^f   Tamayo, Teresa ^g   Rathmann, Wolfgang ^g   Berger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84879919161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002601     Document Type: Article

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