Epidemiology of Diabetes in Asian North Americans

The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 323-337

  McNeely, Marguerite J ^a   Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans newly diagnosed diabetes; Asian Americans and diabetic foot ulcers; Asian North Americans and diabetes epidemiology; Asian North Americans and retinopathy risk; Body fat and body fat distribution; Glucokinase (GCK) role in insulin secretion regulation; Increased BMI risk factor in Asian Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889435957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470779750.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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