High awareness of diabetes in the health care system in Greenland measured as a proportion of population tested with glycated haemoglobin within 2 years

Abstract Background Sixty years ago diabetes was almost non-existent in Greenland and until the beginning of this century awareness of diabetes was quite minimal. A high prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes has been reported in repeated population surveys. Increased focus on diabetes has been made a p...

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Published in:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Main Author: Michael Lynge Pedersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13098-017-0230-4