Patients with type 2 diabetes aged 35-64 years at four primary health care centres in Stockholm County, Sweden: Prevalence and complications in relation to gender and socio-economic status

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-203

  Wändell, Per Eric ^a   Gåfvels, Catharina ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gender; Primary health care; Socio economic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0942289854     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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