Cultural perspectives of interventions for managing diabetes and asthma in children and adolescents from ethnic minority groups

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 612-622

  Mc Manus, V ^a   Savage, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Child; Culture; Diabetes; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955261965     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Review

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