Diabetes prevalence and quality of diabetes care among Lebanese or Turkish immigrants compared to a native Danish population

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-165

  Kristensen, Jette Kolding ^a   Bak, Jens Friis ^b   Wittrup, Inge ^c   Lauritzen, Torsten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Department of Health Promotion ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Prevalence; Quality of care; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 34548164641     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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