Frequency, severity, and morbidity of hypoglycemia occurring in the workplace in people with insulin-treated diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1333-1338

  Leckie, Alastair M ^a,c   Graham, Mairi K ^a   Grant, Joan B ^b   Ritchie, Peter J ^a   Frier, Brian M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OHSAS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DESTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 19944410523     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.6.1333     Document Type: Review

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