Diabetes summer camps: History, safety, and outcomes

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-288

  Maslow, Gary R ^a,c   Lobato, Debra ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center   (United States)

^c HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Pediatrics; Psychosocial aspects; Safety

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA SEIZURE; HYPOGLYCEMIA SEIZURE; INSULIN TREATMENT; KETONURIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; CAMPING; CHILD; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; SAFETY; SEASONS; SEIZURES; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66649108019     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00467.x     Document Type: Review

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