Is 'sugar' the same as diabetes?: A community-based study among rural African-Americans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 330-334

  Schorling, John B ^a   Saunders, J Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0034005523     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.3.330     Document Type: Article

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