Changing pattern in the risk factors for diabetes in young adults from the rural area of Baluchistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1089-1093

  Fawwad, Asher ^a   Alvi, Syed Faraz Danish ^a   Basit, Abdul ^a   Ahmed, Khursheed ^b   Ahmedani, Muhammad Yakoob ^a   Hakeem, Rubina ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Hub   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Obesity; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84882686774     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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