The importance of natural experiments in diabetes prevention and control and the need for better health policy research

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gregg, Edward W ^a   Ali, Mohammed K ^a   Moore, Bernice A ^a   Pavkov, Meda E ^d   Devlin, Heather M ^a   Garfield, Sanford ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873543956     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd10.120145     Document Type: Editorial

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