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- Title
Prevalence of diabetes in Northern African countries: the case of Tunisia.
- Authors
Ben Romdhane, Habiba; Ben Ali, Samir; Aissi, Wafa; Traissac, Pierre; Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer; Bougatef, Souha; Maire, Bernard; Delpeuch, Francis; Achour, Noureddine
- Abstract
Although diabetes is recognized as an emerging disease in African and Middle East, few population-based surveys have been conducted in this region. We performed a national survey to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and to evaluate the relationship between this diagnosis, demographic and socioeconomic variables.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2014, Vol 14, p86
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-14-86