Diabetes and it's complications in a Swedish county

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Lundman, Berit ^a,b   Engström, Lars ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Loss of pallesthesia macrovascular complications; Nephropathy; Prevalence; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETINOPATHY; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HEALTH SERVICES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031959723     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)00128-9     Document Type: Article

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