Language and other factors associated with foot self-management among Puerto Ricans with diabetes in New York City

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 704-706

  Hosler, Akiko S ^a,b   Melnik, Thomas A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUERTO RICO; SELF CARE;

EID: 33744993375     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.03.06.dc05-1659     Document Type: Article

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