The diabetes audit and research in Tayside Scotland (darts) study: Electronic record linkage to create a diabetes register

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7107, 1997, Pages 524-528

  Morris, Andrew D ^a   Boyle, Douglas ir ^a   Macalpine, Ritchie ^a   Emslie Smith, Alistair ^b   Jung, Roland T ^a   Newton, Ray W ^a   Macdonald, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Wallacetown Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030800984     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7107.524     Document Type: Article

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