Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake and huge tsunami on glycaemic control and blood pressure in patients with diabetes mellitus

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ogawa, Susumu ^a,b   Ishiki, Mikihito ^c   Nako, Kazuhiro ^a   Okamura, Masashi ^a,d   Senda, Miho ^a   Sakamoto, Takuya ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iwate Prefectural Takata Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLINIDE DERIVATIVE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; PIOGLITAZONE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84860142447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000830     Document Type: Article

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