Managing and treating risk and uncertainty for health: A case study of diabetes among First Nation's people in Ontario, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 635-650

  Sunday, Julie ^a   Eyles, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Canada; Context; Diabetes; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC DIET; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; ONTARIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RISK;

EID: 0034749622     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00166-0     Document Type: Article

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