Diabetes meanings a mong those without diabetes: Explanatory models of immigrant Latinos in rural North Carolina

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2183-2193

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Skelly, Anne H ^b   Gesler, Wilbert M ^c   Dougherty, Molly C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Explanatory models; Health beliefs; Latinos Hispanic; Minority health; USA

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHERITANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; RURAL POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4644371962     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.024     Document Type: Article

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