Diabetes care and complications in a remote primary health care setting

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-83

  Maple Brown, L J ^a   Brimblecombe, J ^a   Chisholm, D ^b   O'Dea, K ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Albuminuria; Peripheral neuropathy; Primary health care; Retinopathy; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MACROALBUMINURIA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROALBUMINURIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1842611944     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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