Low Rates of Postpartum Glucose Screening Among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Women in Australia with Gestational Diabetes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 651-663

  Chamberlain, Catherine ^a   McLean, Anna ^b   Oats, Jeremy ^c   Oldenburg, Brian ^a   Eades, Sandra ^d   Sinha, Ashim ^b   Wolfe, Rory ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Diabetes; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Indigenous; Pregnancy; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROCEDURES; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939890476     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1555-3     Document Type: Article

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