Knowledge and care of chronic illness in three ethnic minority groups

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Becker, Gay ^a   Beyene, Yewoubdar ^b   Newsom, Edwina M ^b   Rodgers, Denise V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAINING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHILIPPINES; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031920967     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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