Diabetes care in black and white veterans in the southeastern U.S

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 958-963

  Twombly, Jennifer G ^a   Long, Qi ^b   Zhu, Ming ^b   Wilson, Peter W F ^a,c   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a,b   Fraser, Lisa Ann ^d   Webber, Brian C ^a,c   Phillips, Lawrence S ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77954902089     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1556     Document Type: Article

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