Sustaining better diabetes care in remote indigenous Australian communities

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7412, 2003, Pages 428-430

  McDermott, Robyn ^a   Tulip, Fiona ^a   Schmidt, Barbara ^a   Sinha, Ashim ^b  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECALL; REGISTER; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0042324149     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.428     Document Type: Review

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