Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and albuminuria in rural Zambia: A hospital-based survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1080-1084

  Rasmussen, Jon B ^a   Thomsen, Jakúp A ^a   Rossing, Peter ^b,c,d   Parkinson, Shelagh ^e,f   Christensen, Dirk L ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^f St Francis Hospital Katete   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Macroalbuminuria; Microalbuminuria; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYPERTENSION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; URINALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ZAMBIA;

ALBUMINURIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERTENSION; MACROALBUMINURIA; MICROALBUMINURIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALBUMINURIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; ZAMBIA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84881666739     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12139     Document Type: Article

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