Observations of diabetes care in long-term institutional settings with measures of cognitive function and dependency

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 778-784

  Sinclair, Alan J ^a,c   Allard, Imelda ^b   Bayer, Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

EID: 0030908823     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.5.778     Document Type: Article

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