Variation in the incidence and proportion of diabetes-related amputations in minorities

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-52

  Lavery, Lawrence A ^a   Ashry, Hisham R ^a   Van Houtum, William ^a   Pugh, Jacqualine A ^b   Harkless, Lawrence B ^a   Basu, Srabashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030049652     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.1.48     Document Type: Article

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