Type 2 diabetes and inheritance: What information do diabetes organizations provide on the Internet?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1233-1238

  Van Esch, S C M ^a   Cornel, M C ^a   Snoek, F J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Family history; Internet; Primary prevention; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33750154667     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01963.x     Document Type: Review

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