Socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Europe

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 494-501

  Espelt, Albert ^a,b,c,d   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Palència, Laia ^a,b,c   Goday, Alberto ^d   Spadea, Teresa ^e   Gnavi, Roberto ^e   Font Ribera, Laia ^b,f   Kunst, Anton E ^g  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Local Health Authority TO3 of Piedmont Region   (Italy)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus type 2; Europe; Incidence; Prevalence; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2; EUROPA; EUROPE; FACTORES SOCIOECONÓMICOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENCIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PREVALENCIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2; DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2; EUROPA; EUROPE; FACTORES SOCIOECONÓMICOS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENCIA; PREVALENCE; PREVALENCIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887616047     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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