Understanding of diabetes mellitus and health-preventive behaviour among Singaporeans

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-486

  Lai, Yin Wong ^a   Toh, Matthias P H S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health screening; Understanding; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 67649786759     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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