Impact of an integrated approach to diabetes care at the Rumbalara Aboriginal Health Service

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 581-585

  Simmons, D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Glucose; Indigenous; Insulin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF MONITORING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 1642512325     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2003.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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