Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 193-195 , August 2009

Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care?

  • Caroline J. Brooks

      Affiliations

    • HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1792 602146; fax: +44 1792 513430.
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  • Ting S. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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  • David V. Ford

      Affiliations

    • HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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  • Ronan A. Lyons

      Affiliations

    • HIRU (Health Information Research Unit), Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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  • David E. Price

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK
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  • Stephen C. Bain

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
    • Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK
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  • Jeffrey W. Stephens

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
    • Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, ABM University NHS Trust, Swansea, Wales, UK

Received 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 3 June 2009.

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PII: S1751-9918(09)00046-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.06.001

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 193-195 , August 2009

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