Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 110-114 , 1 March 2006

Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents: Attitudes, Barriers, and Practices Among Pediatric Clinicians

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ 2004 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif, May 1-4, 2004.

  • Erinn T. Rhodes, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Erinn T. Rhodes, MD, MPH, Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, 333 Longwood Avenue 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02115
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  • Jonathan A. Finkelstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass
    • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Richard Marshall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Carole Allen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Matthew W. Gillman, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass

Received 19 January 2005 ,Accepted 28 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.10.005

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 110-114 , 1 March 2006

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