Association of perceived family support through glycemic control in native Greek patients managing diabetes with diet alone [2]

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-

  Ilias, Ioannis ^a,e   Tselebis, Athanasios ^b   Theotoka, Ioulia ^c   Hatzimichelakis, Eftychios ^d  

^a Klimax Foundation   (Greece)

^b SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1342266766     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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