How well controlled are our type 2 diabetic patients in 2002?. An observational study in North and Central Trinidad

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-305

  Apparico, Natalie ^a   Clerk, Natalie ^a   Henry, Giana ^a   Seale, Jason ^a   Sealy, Roger ^a   Ward, Simone ^a   Mungrue, Kameel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diabetic; Glycemic control

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET THERAPY; DIETITIAN; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33846259244     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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