Ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life among older rural adults with diabetes

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-476

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Graham, Christopher N ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Golden, Shannon L ^a   Stafford, Jeanette M ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diabetes; Minority health; Native Americans; Quality of life; Rural

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY 12; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 35348976768     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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