Ambulance visits for severe hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated diabetes

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1090, 1999, Pages 225-227

  Daniels, André ^a   White, Marie ^a,c   Stander, Ilse ^d   Crone, Denholm ^b  

^a Diabetes Services   (New Zealand)

^b St John Ambulance Association   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Middlemore Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033603637     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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