Stress and metabolic control in diabetes mellitus: Methodological issues and an illustrative analysis

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-28

  Kramer, John R ^a   Ledolter, Johannes ^b   Manos, George N ^b   Bayless, Meg L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; STRESS;

EID: 0033859373     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02895164     Document Type: Article

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