Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and diabetes in the Katkari tribe of coastal Maharashtra

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and diabetes in the Katkari tribe of coastal Maharashtra

Background and Objectives: Urban and rural India are both going through health epidemiological transition and will soon face huge burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Information on the status of NCDs in tribals is limited. Although the prevalence of hypertension in scheduled tribes (STs) has...

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Main Authors: M G Deo, P V Pawar, S R Kanetkar, S V Kakade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Costal Maharashtra
diabetes
hypertension
India
Katkari tribe
Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2017;volume=63;issue=2;spage=106;epage=113;aulast=Deo

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