Health beliefs and folk models of diabetes in British Bangladeshis: A qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7136, 1998, Pages 978-983

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   Helman, Cecil ^a   Chowdhury, A Mu'min ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032574527     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7136.978     Document Type: Article

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