Follow-up after gestational diabetes: A fixable gap in women's preventive healthcare

BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bernstein, Judith Apt ^a,b   Quinn, Emily ^a   Ameli, Omid ^a,c   Craig, Myrita ^a   Heeren, Timothy ^a   Lee Parritz, Aviva ^b   Iverson, Ronald ^b   Jack, Brian ^b   McCloskey, Lois ^a  

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

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

gestational diabetes; glucose testing; prevention; primary care; type 2 diabetes onset

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ICD-9; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 85034663616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2017-000445     Document Type: Article

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