Diabetes Mellitus: Indigenous naming, indigenous diagnosis and self-management in an African setting: The example from Cameroon

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Awah, Paschal K ^a,b,c   Unwin, Nigel C ^d   Phillimore, Peter R ^d,e  

^a HoPiT Research Group   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Centre for Population Studies and Health Promotion   (Cameroon)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMEROON; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SWEETNESS; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 63549137648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-9-5     Document Type: Article

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