Improved glycemic control in moderate altitude type II diabetic residents

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-30

  Hessien, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diabetes mellitus; Glycated hemoglobin; Glycemic control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 84875704922     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1033     Document Type: Article

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