Diabetes care in remote northern Australian indigenous communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 512-516

  McDermott, Robyn A ^a   Tulip, Fiona ^a   Schmidt, Barbara ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; REGISTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2542427460     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06055.x     Document Type: Article

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