Screening in primary care; how the new criteria for diabetes affect its incidence;Screening i primärvården; hur påverkar nya kriterier incidensen av diabetes?

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 46, 1998, Pages 5171-5175

  Andersson, Dan K G ^a,c   Petersson, Christer ^b  

^a Institutionen för Allmanmedicin   (Sweden)

^b Vardcentralen Strandbjorket   (Sweden)

^c National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032508773     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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