The non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009
Background: Increasing urbanisation and rising unhealthy lifestyle risk factors are contributing to a growing diabetes epidemic in South Africa. In 2000, a study estimated diabetes prevalence to be 5.5% in those aged over 30. Accurate, up-to-date information on the epidemiology and burden of disease...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Global Health Action |
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| Online Access: | http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/19244/pdf_1 |