A pilot diabetes awareness and exercise programme in a multiethnic workforce

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1031, 1996, Pages 373-376

  Simmons, David ^a,b   Fleming, Carole ^a   Cameron, Moana ^a   Leakehe, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; POLYNESIA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYNESIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030579992     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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