Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1196-1201 , November 2004

Patients with type 2 diabetes had higher rates of hospitalization than the general population

  • Simona Bo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +(39)(011)6967864; fax: +(39)(011)6634751.
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  • Giovannino Ciccone

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital and University of Torino, C.so Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy
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  • Giorgio Grassi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • Raffaella Gancia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy
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  • R. Rosato

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital and University of Torino, C.so Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy
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  • Franco Merletti

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital and University of Torino, C.so Bramante 88, 10126 Turin, Italy
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  • Gian Franco Pagano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, Italy

,Accepted 6 February 2004.

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PII: S0895-4356(04)00116-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.02.015

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1196-1201 , November 2004

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