Prevalence and awareness of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adult population in Mwanza city, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ruhembe, Carolyne C ^a   Mosha, Theobald C E ^a   Nyaruhucha, Cornelio N M ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diabetes; Prevalence; Tanzania; Type 2; Urban

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84901304570     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v16i2.4     Document Type: Article

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