Prevalence of known diabetes and antidiabetic therapy between 1984/1985 and 1999/2001 in Southern Germany

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2985-2987

  Meisinger, Christa ^a,b   Heier, Margit ^b   Doering, Angela ^b   Thorand, Barbara ^b   Loewel, Hannelore ^b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 9444251088     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.12.2985     Document Type: Article

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