Coping strategies in immigrant men and women with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-278

  Gåfvels, Catharina ^a   Wändell, Per Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Diabetes mellitus; Gender; Immigrants; Primary health care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PENSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947138590     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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