Study profile: The Durban Diabetes Study (DDS): A platform for chronic disease research

Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hird, T R ^a,b   Young, E H ^a,b   Pirie, F J ^c   Riha, J ^a,b   Esterhuizen, T M ^d   O'leary, B ^e   Mccarthy, M I ^f   Sandhu, M S ^a,b,g   Motala, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; epidemiology; genetics; population based; study profile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84990034629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20544200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gheg.2015.3     Document Type: Article

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