Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 650-653 , July 2006

Disease-specific medical records improve the recording of processes of care in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Received 12 July 2004 ,Revised 25 January 2005 ,Accepted 23 May 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00225-8

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.05.011

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 650-653 , July 2006

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