Cigarette smoking, health status, socio-economic status and access to health care in diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey

Cigarette smoking, health status, socio-economic status and access to health care in diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and microvascular complications. We evaluated cigarette smoking in people with diabetes mellitus in a socio-economically deprived a...

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Main Authors: Sedgwick JEC, Gulliford MC, Pearce AJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
diabetes mellitus
cigarette smoking
social inequalities
health status
utilisation of health care
equity
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/3/4

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