Glycemic control in English- vs Spanish-speaking Hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-82

  Lasater, Laura M ^a   Davidson, Arthur J ^b   Steiner, John F ^b   Mehler, Philip S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035825273     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.1.77     Document Type: Article

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