Ethnic inequalities in the treatment and outcome of diabetes in three English Primary Care Trusts

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Soljak, Michael A ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^b   Eliahoo, Joseph ^b   Dornhorst, Anne ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOUTH ASIA; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848836995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-8     Document Type: Article

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