Complications of diabetes in urban Indigenous Australians: The DRUID study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Maple Brown, Louise ^a,b   Cunningham, Joan ^a   Dunne, Karin ^a   Whitbread, Cherie ^b   Howard, Diane ^b   Weeramanthri, Tarun ^b   Tatipata, Shaun ^c   Dunbar, Terry ^d   Harper, Colin A ^e   Taylor, Hugh R ^e   Zimmet, Paul ^f   O'Dea, Kerin ^a,e   Shaw, Jonathan E ^f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Danila Dilba Health Services   (Australia)

^d Health and Science   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Diabetes management; Indigenous Australian; Neuropathy; Peripheral vascular disease; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 43049167539     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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