Circannual variation in glycohemoglobin in Singapore

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Hawkins, Robert C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycosylated; Hemoglobin A; Seasons; Singapore

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70449532045     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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