Diabetes mellitus in primary care: Does ethnicity matter?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 145-147

  Sum, C F ^a   Lim, Sum Chee ^a   Tavintharan, S ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ASIAN; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 2442596009     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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