Chronic diseases management in the Jamaican setting: HOPE worldwide Jamaica's experience

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 171-175

  Swaby, P ^a,c   Wilson, E ^a,c   Swaby, S ^a,c   Sue Ho, R ^b   Pierre, R ^b  

^a HOPE Worldwide Jamaica   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c HOPE Worldwide Jamaica   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 0035467671     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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