Open AccessContribution of the Nurses’ Health Studies to Uncovering Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes: Diet, Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Genetics
Author(s) -
Sylvia H. Ley,
Andres V Ardisson Korat,
Qi Sun,
Deirdre K. Tobias,
Cuilin Zhang,
Lü Qi,
Walter C. Willett,
JoAnn E. Manson,
Frank B. Hu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303314
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes , medicine , diabetes mellitus , disease , environmental health , public health , obesity , narrative review , gerontology , bioinformatics , intensive care medicine , biology , endocrinology , nursing
To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and the NHS II to addressing hypotheses regarding risk factors for type 2 diabetes.