Polymorbidity in diabetes in older people: Consequences for care and vocational training

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 986, 2007, Pages 763-767

  Van Bussel, B ^a   Pijpers, E ^a   Ferreira, I ^a   Castermans, P ^b   Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37749040526     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.062356     Document Type: Article

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