Increased awareness about diabetes and its complications in a whole city: Effectiveness of the "Prevention, Awareness, Counselling and Evaluation" [PACE] Diabetes Project [PACE-6]

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 56, Issue JUL, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Somannavar, S ^a   Lanthorn, H ^b   Deepa, M ^a   Pradeepa, R ^a   Rema, M ^a   Mohan, V ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR;

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48849086016     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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