Cardiometabolic health of chinese older adults with diabetes living in Beijing, China

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-511

  Hu, Jie ^a   Wallace, Debra C ^a   Jones, Ellen ^a   Liu, Huaping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic health; Chinese older adults; Diabetes; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 75549090795     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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