Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 159-165 , September 2007

Diabetes prevalence and quality of diabetes care among Lebanese or Turkish immigrants compared to a native Danish population

  • Jette Kolding Kristensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of General Practice, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel.: +45 8942 6042; fax: +45 8612 4788.
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  • Jens Friis Bak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism C, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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  • Inge Wittrup

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion, Aarhus County, Denmark
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  • Torsten Lauritzen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Received 14 March 2007 ,Revised 14 May 2007 ,Accepted 14 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.07.007

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 159-165 , September 2007

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