Ethnic disparities in causes of death among diabetes patients in the Waikato region of New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1310, 2010, Pages 19-29

  Joshy, Grace ^a   Colonne, Chanukya Kamalinie ^b   Dunn, Peter ^c   Simmons, David ^d   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77749285622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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