title: Overview and consensus statement on diabetes in tropical areas.
authors.affiliation: SCB Medical College, Cuttack, India.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Samal
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis; D003906:Developing Countries; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D015995:Prevalence; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition; D013851:Thinness; D014329:Tropical Climate