An innovative multi-disciplinary diabetes complications screening program in a rural community: A description and preliminary results of the screening

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Jelinek, Herbert F ^a   Wilding, Clare ^a   Tinley, Paul ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes screening; Multifaceted; Rural multidisciplinery; University

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PODIATRY; POPULATION RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645703748     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py06003     Document Type: Article

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