Ethnic differences in gestational oral glucose screening in a large US population

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-419

  Pedula, Kathryn L ^a   Hillier, Teresa A ^a,b   Schmidt, Mark M ^b   Mullen, Judith A ^b   Charles, Marie Aline ^c   Pettitt, David J ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SANSUM DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gestational diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GINSENG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HAWAII; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77949329427     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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