Individualized, non-age-based glycemic control in elderly veterans with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 728-731

  Helmer, Drew A ^a,b,d   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^b,c   Rajan, Mangala ^a   Tseng, Chin Lin ^a,b   Pogach, Leonard M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GOVERNMENT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 48649105239     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1431     Document Type: Article

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