Certification of diabetes-related mortality: The need for an international guideline

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-237

  Nojilana, Beatrice ^a   Brewer, Laprincess ^b   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Groenewald, Pamela ^a   Burger, Elsie Helena ^c   Levitt, Naomi S ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERTIFICATION; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84871320164     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.07.017     Document Type: Letter

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