Mobile phone ownership among Nigerians with diabetes

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Okoro, E O ^a   Sholagberu, H O ^a   Kolo, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contact; Diabetes; Mobile phone; Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CELLULAR PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OWNERSHIP; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049481236     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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