Standards of care of diabetic patients in a typical English community

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 408, 1996, Pages 401-405

  Dunn, Nicholas R ^a   Bough, Peta ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Audit; Diabetes; Standards of care

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTOMETRY; PODIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SENESCENCE; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0030036949     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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