Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Japan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Goto, Atsushi ^a   Goto, Maki ^a   Noda, Mitsuhiko ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

EMBASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MEDLINE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84883639005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074699     Document Type: Review

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