Misconceptions about diabetes and its management among low-income minorities with diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-593

  Mann, Devin M ^a   Leventhal, Howard ^b   Ponieman, Diego ^a   Halm, Ethan A ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY;

EID: 65349149933     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1837     Document Type: Article

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