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Prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes in the Seychelles and relationship with excess body weight
BACKGROUND: The evidence for a "diabesity" epidemic is accumulating worldwide but population-based data are still scarce in the African region. We assessed the prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes (DM) in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the African region. We also...
Autores principales: | Faeh, David, William, Julita, Tappy, Luc, Ravussin, Eric, Bovet, Pascal |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1959189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17640380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-163 |
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