Perception of offspring risk for type 2 diabetes among patients with type 2 diabetes and their adult offspring

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3033-3034

  Nishigaki, Masakazu ^a,c   Kobayashi, Koji ^a   Hitomi, Takako ^a   Yokomura, Taeko ^b   Yokoyama, Mitsunao ^b   Seki, Naoto ^b   Kazuma, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Social Insurance Funabashi Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Adult Nursing ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37149008112     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-0688     Document Type: Article

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