Missed opportunities for diabetes prevention: Post-pregnancy follow-up of women with gestational diabetes mellitus in England

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 591, 2011, Pages

  Pierce, Mary ^a   Modder, Jo ^b   Mortagy, Iman ^c   Springett, Anna ^c   Hughes, Heather ^c   Baldeweg, Stephanie ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British National Health Service; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes, gestational; Follow up studies; Prevention and control; Survey

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETOLOGIST; FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICIAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; OBSTETRICS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; WALES;

EID: 83355176893     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X601316     Document Type: Article

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