Predicting incident diabetes in Jamaica: the role of anthropometry.

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Published in Obes Res on August 01, 2002

Authors

Lincoln A Sargeant1, Franklyn I Bennett, Terrence E Forrester, Richard S Cooper, Rainford J Wilks

Author Affiliations

1: Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. lincoln.sargeant@uwimona.edu.jm

Associated clinical trials:

Hypertension in Blacks of West African Origin | NCT00005340

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