Developing a quality of life measure for Chinese patients with diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-267

  Cheng, Alice Y ^a   Tsui, Elaine Y ^b   Hanley, Anthony J G ^b,c   Zinman, Bernard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cultural adaptation; Immigrant; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032704778     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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