Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among women born in Greenland: Measuring the effectiveness of the current screening procedure

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-360

  Pedersen, Michael Lynge ^a   Jacobsen, Jytte Lindskov ^a   Jørgensen, Marit Eika ^b  

^a Center for Primary Health Care in Nuuk   (Greenland)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Greenland; Inuit; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049312346     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i4.17676     Document Type: Article

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