Explanations for the high risk of diabetes-related amputation in a Caribbean population of black African descent and potential for prevention

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2636-2641

  Hennis, Anselm J M ^a   Fraser, Henry S ^a   Jonnalagadda, Ramesh ^a   Fuller, John ^b   Chaturvedi, Nish ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMPUTATION; BARBADOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 7444225738     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.11.2636     Document Type: Article

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