Self-reported health and use of health services: A comparison of diabetic and nondiabetic persons from a national sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b   Bartholomew, Helen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

EID: 0029836687     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01023.x     Document Type: Article

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