Diabetes in the desert: What do patients know about the heat?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1156-1163

  Nassar, Adrienne A ^a   Childs, Raymond D ^a   Boyle, Mary E ^a   Jameson, Kimberly A ^a   Fowke, Margaret ^b   Waters, Ken R ^c   Hovan, Michael J ^a   Cook, Curtiss B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Phoenix Weather Forecast Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert climate; Diabetes; Heat

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AGED; DESERT CLIMATE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 79952201909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681000400514     Document Type: Article

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