Foreign- and Swedish-born diabetic patients - Medical situation and quality of life

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-163

  Wändell, Per E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Diabetes mellitus; Migrants; Primary health care; Quality of life; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0344069683     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134399750002575     Document Type: Article

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