Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 199-202 , December 2007

Screening for type 2 diabetes in primary care using a stepwise protocol: The Diabscreen study

  • Erwin P. Klein Woolthuis

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of General Practice, 117 HAG, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 24 361 44 11; fax: +31 24 354 18 62.
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  • Wim J.C. de Grauw

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Willem H.E.M. van Gerwen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Henk J.M. van den Hoogen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Eloy H. van de Lisdonk

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Job F.M. Metsemakers

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Chris van Weel

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 25 March 2007 ,Revised 19 September 2007 ,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.09.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 199-202 , December 2007

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