Mechanisms for racial and ethnic disparities in glycemic control in middle-aged and older Americans in the health and retirement study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1853-1860

  Heisler, Michele ^a,b,c   Faul, Jessica D ^a   Hayward, Rodney A ^a,b   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b   Blaum, Caroline ^b   Weir, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748898836     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.17.1853     Document Type: Article

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