Lost in transition? Access to and uptake of adult health services and outcomes for young people with type 1 diabetes in regional New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 444-449

  Perry, Lin ^a   Steinbeck, Katharine S ^b   Dunbabin, Janet S ^c   Lowe, Julia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 78149313474     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03997.x     Document Type: Article

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