Racial and ethnic disparities in self-monitoring of blood glucose among us adults: A qualitative review

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Kirk, Julienne K ^a   Graves, Darby E ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Hildebrandt, Carol A ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; American Indians; Asian Americans; Blood glucose self monitoring; Diabetes; Hispanic; Latino; Mexican Americans; Non Hispanic Whites; Review

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SELF MONITORING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846908572     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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