Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2006

Diabetes care among veteran women with disability

  • Chin-Lin Tseng, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Chin-Lin Tseng, DrPH, VA New Jersey Health Care System, HSR&D Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, 385 Tremont Avenue (129), East Orange, NJ 07018.
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  • Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • Division of Health Care Systems and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey
    • Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Anjali Tiwari, MBBS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Mangala Rajan, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Leonard Pogach, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge and Management, Veterans Administration New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey
    • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey

Received 21 November 2005 ,Revised 12 July 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.07.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2006

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