Prevalence of diabetes treatment effect modifiers: The external validity of trials to older adults

Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Weiss, Carlos O ^a   Boyd, Cynthia M ^a   Wolff, Jennifer L ^b   Leff, Bruce ^a  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology   (United States)

^b Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Applicability; Clinical trials as topic; Comorbidity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASES; DIZZINESS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT EFFECT MODIFIER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84871906245     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325268     Document Type: Article

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