Psychosocial factors and ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis and treatment among older adults

Health and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Bertera, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ethnic and racial disparities; Older adults; Psychosocial factors; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037313533     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/28.1.33     Document Type: Article

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