Seasonal changes in the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus

Diabetes Care

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1218-1221

  Moses, Robert G ^a   Wong, Veronica C K ^a   Lambert, Kelly ^a   Morris, Gary J ^b   Gil, Fernando San ^a  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Southern IML Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUMMER; WINTER; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; SEASON; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84975830603     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc16-0451     Document Type: Article

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