Diabetes beliefs among low-income, white residents of a rural North Carolina community

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-345

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Skelly, Anne H ^b   Gesler, Wilbert M ^c   Dougherty, Molly C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 25144508151     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00104.x     Document Type: Article

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