RISK FACTORS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN MEXICAN AND U.S. PIMA INDIANS: ROLE OF ENVIRONMENT
Introduction. Pima Indians living in the United States (U.S.) have the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the world. Their Mexican counterparts, living a traditional lifestyle in the mountain of Sonora, Mexico, have at least five times less diabetes than the U.S. Pima Indians. The eff...
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The University of Arizona.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195732 |