Diabetes in rural South Africa - An assessment of care and complications

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 536-541

  Rotchford, A P ^a   Rotchford, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROALBUMINURIA; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036056854     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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