Underuse of aspirin therapy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending primary care in Greece

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 108-

  Gikas, Aristofanis ^a,c   Sotiropoulos, Alexios ^b  

^a Health Centre of Salamis   (Greece)

^b Diabetes Centre   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 4744356910     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780409044547     Document Type: Article

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