Rarer than a blue moon: The use of a diagnostic code for the metabolic syndrome in the U.S.

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1808-1809

  Ford, Earl S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21544434333     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.7.1808     Document Type: Article

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