Healthcare planning in North-east India: A survey on diabetes awareness, risk factors and health attitudes in a rural community

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Lau, Sue L ^b   Debarma, Rati ^d   Thomas, N ^a   Asha, H ^a   Vasan, K ^a   Alex, R ^a   Gnanaraj, J ^c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Burrows Memorial Hospital   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 70349192759     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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