Health-related quality of life in urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 412-419

  Hill Briggs, Felicia ^a   Gary, Tiffany L ^a   Hill, Martha N ^a   Bone, Lee R ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health status; Socioeconomic factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036377121     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.11002.x     Document Type: Article

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