Diabetes in the Middle-East and North Africa: An update

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-222

  Majeed, Azeem ^a   El Sayed, Adel A ^b   Khoja, Tawfik ^c   Alshamsan, Riyadh ^d   Millett, Christopher ^a   Rawaf, Salman ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c Health Ministers Council for Cooperation   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EGYPT; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AFRICA; OBESITY; OMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBANIZATION; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895813076     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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