Computer and internet use of urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes in relation to glycemic control, emergency department use, diabetes-related knowledge, and health literacy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Samal, Lipika ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a,b   Gary Webb, Tiffany L ^a,b   Jackson, Chandra L ^b   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 74249085408     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1416     Document Type: Letter

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