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Document ID (ISN)62469
CIS number 94-896
ISSN - Serial title The OHS tide
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Title Diabetes, diet and occupation
Bibliographic information Oct. 1991, Vol.9, No.2, p.1-16 (special issue). Illus.
Abstract Survey of the special health needs of diabetics, in particular as they apply to their diet and workplace activities in a tropical developing country such as India. Titles of articles: diabetes and occupation (Surendranath Lal M.B.); notes from a diabetologist's diary (Aruyir S.); biochemical parameters in diabetes mellitus (Gopalakrishna V.); role of health education in the work-site diabetes control programme (Samikkannu K.C.); dietary change in India. In annex: hypoglycaemia (causes, treatment); leg exercises for diabetics.
Descriptors (primary) India; care of sick workers; diabetes mellitus
Descriptors (secondary) health programmes; developing countries; diet
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceIndia
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Nutrition
Metabolic diseases