Declining rates of hospitalization for nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation in the diabetic population aged 40 years or older: U.S., 1988-2008

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-277

  Li, Yanfeng ^a   Burrows, Nilka Ríos ^a   Gregg, Edward W ^a   Albright, Ann ^a   Geiss, Linda S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84859021291     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1360     Document Type: Article

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