The Elevated Susceptibility to Diabetes in India: An Evolutionary Perspective

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Pomeroy, Emma ^b   Walimbe, Subhash R ^c   Popkin, Barry M ^d   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

diabetes; evolution; India; South Asia; thrifty phenotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996730058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00145     Document Type: Review

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