Knowledge and perceptions of diabetes in an appalachian population

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Tessaro, Irene ^a   Smith, Shannon L ^b   Rye, Sheila ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 33747441539     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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