Patterns of care of an Italian diabetic population

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-166

  Nicolucci, A ^a   Scorpiglione, N ^a   Belfiglio, M ^a   Carinci, F ^a   Cavaliere, D ^a   El Shazly, M ^a   Labbrozzi, D ^a   Mari, E ^a   Massi Benedetti, M ^b   Tognoni, G ^a  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; diabetic complications; general practice; practice guidelines; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; ITALY; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 8044251521     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199702)14:2<158::AID-DIA319>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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