The management of diabetes in indigenous Australians from primary care

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Thomas, Mark ^a   Weekes, Andrew J ^b   Thomas, Merlin C ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Servier Laboratories   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CREATININE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MACROVASCULAR DISEASE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MICROANGIOPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE;

EID: 37849037072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-303     Document Type: Article

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