Reconsidering the role of a local diabetes society: Patterns of membership in Christchurch, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Barnett, Ross ^a   Barnett, Pauline ^b   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Howes, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF HELP; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 33747104911     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00870.x     Document Type: Article

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