Gender differences in cardiovascular risk factors and risk perception among individuals with diabetes

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-488

  Homko, Carol J ^a   Zamora, Linda ^a   Santamore, William P ^a   Kashem, Abul ^a   McConnell, Timothy ^b   Bove, Alfred A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 77953493762     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721710366757     Document Type: Article

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