Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the Province of Girona, Spain: The REGICOR study;Prevalencia de diabetes mellitus en la provincia de Girona, España: El estudio REGICOR

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Masiá, Rafael ^a   Sala, Joan ^a   Rohlfs, Izabella ^a   Piulats, Rosa ^a   Manresa, Josep M ^b   Marrugat, Jaume ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Population; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342607510     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059109     Document Type: Article

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