Measuring the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a Greek primary health care district

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-21

  Lionis, Christos D ^a   Sasarolis, Spiros M ^a   Koutis, Antonis D ^a   Antonakis, Nikos A ^a   Benos, Alexis ^a   Papavasiliou, Stathis ^a   Fioretos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Greece; Prevalence; Primary health care; Rural Crete

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0029927486     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.1.18     Document Type: Article

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