Socio-economic deprivation and diabetic foot ulcers: No strong association [4]

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Vaidya, B ^a   Roper, N A ^a   Connolly, V M ^a   Kelly, W F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PODIATRY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037351553     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00866_4.x     Document Type: Letter

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