Evidence of an increasing prevalence of diagnosed diabetes mellitus in the Poole area from 1983 to 1996

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1015-1021

  Gatling, W ^a   Budd, S ^a   Walters, D ^a   Mullee, M A ^b   Goddard, J R ^b   Hill, R D ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age adjusted prevalence; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031736569     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(1998120)15:12<1015::AID-DIA719>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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