Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 225-231 , November 2009

Diabetes care in Ireland: A survey of general practitioners

  • Sheena Mc Hugh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, Cork, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 21 420 5253; fax: +353 21 420 1923.
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  • Jo O’Keeffe

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Ireland
    • ,
  • Anne Fitzpatrick

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Ireland
    • ,
  • Anna de Siún

      Affiliations

    • Irish College of General Practitioners, 4-5 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
    • ,
  • Monica O’Mullane

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Ireland
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  • Ivan Perry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, Cork, Ireland
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  • Colin Bradley

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Ireland
    • ,
  • On behalf of the National Diabetes Register Project (NDRP)

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 21 September 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.09.002

Primary Care Diabetes
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