Relationships between locus of control and adherence to diabetes regimen in a sample of Iranians

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Morowatisharifabad, Mohammad Ali ^a   Mahmoodabad, Seid Saeed Mazloomy ^a   Baghianimoghadam, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Tonekaboni, Nooshin Rouhani ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Islamic Azad University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adherence to diabetes regimen; Iran; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949622774     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.60009     Document Type: Article

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