Content and frequency of writing on diabetes bulletin boards: does race make a difference?

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Case, Siobhan ^a   Jernigan, Valarie ^a   Gardner, Audra ^a   Ritter, Philip ^a   Heaney, Catherine A ^a   Lorig, Kate R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERNET; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 70350438129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1153     Document Type: Article

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