Individual and societal consequences of hypoglycemia: A cross-sectional survey

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 438-445

  Dømgaard, Mikala ^a   Bagger, Malene ^b   Rhee, Nicolai Alexander ^b   Burton, Christopher Malcolm ^c   Thorsteinsson, Birger ^d  

^a DANISH DIABETES ACADEMY   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c Point of Care Medical Consulting   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Driving; Fear of hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CARE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84964012375     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2015.1045815     Document Type: Article

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