The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among older people in Africa: A systematic review study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Werfalli, Mahmoud ^a,b   Musekiwa, Alfred ^c   Engel, Mark E ^b   Ross, Ian ^b   Kengne, Andre P ^b,c   Levitt, Naomi S ^a,b  

^a Chronic Diseases Initiative in Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AFRICA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA EXTRACTION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

AFRICA; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903191015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004747     Document Type: Review

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