Grandparenthood status and health outcomes in midlife African American women with type 2 diabetes

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Balukonis, Jennifer ^a   Melkus, Gail D'Eramo ^a   Chyun, Deborah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Women; Caregiver Role; Grandparenthood; Psychosocial Factors; Type 2 Diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; URINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 47749105728     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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