Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence of Self-Reported Diabetes and its Risk Factors: The WHO STEPS Iranian Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance in 2011

Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence of Self-Reported Diabetes and its Risk Factors: The WHO STEPS Iranian Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance in 2011

The high prevalence of diabetes in Iran and other developing countries is chiefly attributed to urbanization. The objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and to determine its associated risk factors. This study is a part of the national noncommunicable...

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Main Authors: Zahra Khorrami, Shahin Yarahmadi, Koorosh Etemad, Soheila Khodakarim, Mohammad Esmaeil Kameli, Ali Reza Mahdavi Hazaveh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Self report
Prevalence
Risk factors
Non-communicable disease
Iran
Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/3372

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