Follow-up of gestational diabetes mellitus in an Urban safety net hospital: Missed opportunities to launch preventive care for women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 327-334

  McCloskey, Lois ^a   Bernstein, Judith ^a   Winter, Michael ^a   Iverson, Ronald ^b   Lee Parritz, Aviva ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897999360     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4628     Document Type: Article

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