Temporal trends in recording of diabetes on death certificates: Results from Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1529-1533

  McEwen, Laura N ^a   Karter, Andrew J ^b   Curb, J David ^c   Marrero, David G ^d   Crosson, Jesse C ^e   Herman, William H ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INJURY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054685182     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-2312     Document Type: Article

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