Cultural and family challenges to managing type 2 diabetes in immigrant Chinese Americans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1812-1816

  Chesla, Catherine A ^a   Chun, Kevin M ^b   Kwan, Christine M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETIC DIET; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RESPONSIBILITY; RITUAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349664299     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0278     Document Type: Article

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