Diabetes control in a primary care setting: A retrospective study of 651 patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-271

  Al Hussein, Fahad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DIABETES CONTROL; FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 54349125951     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.267     Document Type: Article

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