Assessing local health department performance in diabetes prevention and control - North Carolina, 2005

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Porterfield, Deborah S ^a   Reaves, Janet ^b   Konrad, Thomas R ^c   Weiner, Bryan J ^d   Garrett, Joanne M ^e   Davis, Mary ^d   Dickson, Curtis W ^f   Plescia, Marcus ^b   Alexander, Janet ^f   Baker, Edward L ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Hertford County Public Health Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 70149123538     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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