Diabetes awareness in general population in Cameroon

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Fezeu, Leopold ^a,b,c   Fointama, Emma ^a   Ngufor, George ^a   Mbeh, George ^a   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Health of Populations in Transition Research Group   (Cameroon)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diabetes awareness; Patient education; Sub Saharan Africa; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649472129     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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