Screening for diabetes in general practice

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7334, 2002, Pages 425-

  Hagström, Bertil ^a   Mattsson, Bengt ^a   Higson, Nigel ^b   Bates, M ^c   Carmody, P ^c   Haba, S ^d   Smith, S ^d   Bradley, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Goodwood Court Medical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Fairview Family Practice   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 85007662050     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7334.425/a     Document Type: Letter

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