Diabetes care by general practitioners in South Auckland: Changes from 1990 to 1999

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1164, 2002, Pages

  Kenealy, Tim ^a   Kenealy, Helen ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^a   Scott, David ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Simmons, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037175319     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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