Implications of the new definition of diabetes for health disparities

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-223

  Vable, Anusha M ^a   Drum, Melinda L ^a   Tang, Hui ^a   Chin, Marshall H ^a   Lindau, Stacy T ^a   Huang, Elbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diagnosis; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79956063215     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30299-6     Document Type: Article

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