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Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: characteristics and associated factors

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa faces a rapid spread of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) but its potentially specific characteristics are inadequately defined. In this hospital-based study in Kumasi, Ghana, we aimed at characterizing clinical, anthropometric, socio-economic, nutritional and behavioural...

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Autores principales: Danquah, Ina, Bedu-Addo, George, Terpe, Karl-Johann, Micah, Frank, Amoako, Yaw A, Awuku, Yaw A, Dietz, Ekkehart, van der Giet, Markus, Spranger, Joachim, Mockenhaupt, Frank P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3364878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22429713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-210