The US diabetes epidemic: Tip of the iceberg

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 854-855

  Lipscombe, Lorraine L ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; MALE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84922656773     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(14)70172-X     Document Type: Note

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