Diabetes mellitus statistics on prevalence and mortality: Facts and fallacies

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 616-622

  Zimmet, Paul ^a   Alberti, K George ^b   Magliano, Dianna J ^c   Bennett, Peter H ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; METABOLISM;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84978112129     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.105     Document Type: Review

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