Standards of medical care in diabetes-2008: Response to hirsch, inzucchi, and kirkman

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Dora, Jose Miguel ^a,b   Kramer, Caroline K ^a   Canani, Luis Henrique ^a  

^a Hospital de Cliánicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649109878     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0109     Document Type: Letter

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