Blood glucose control in diabetes patients seen in primary health care centers

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Assunção, Maria Cecília F ^a   Santos, Iná S ^a   Valle, Neiva C J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Diabetes mellitus, metabolism; Diabetes mellitus, prevention control; Hyperglycemia; Primary health care; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 21644452350     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102005000200007     Document Type: Article

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