title: A survey of life-style diseases of inhabitants of Thailand.
abstract: To elucidate the way to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, in Asian countries, a comparative study between Mongoloids was conducted at Palau, in Oceania, the Republic of China, Thailand, Mongolia and Japan, from 1998 to October 2002. The survey comprised a social survey, nutrition survey, physical and medical examinations, biomedical analyses, urinalyses, and DNA analyses. This is an interim report for Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Terue
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Shigeji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibat
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: Phitaya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charupoonphol
authors.forename: Somjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Supannatas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology