Ethnic and language disparities in diabetes care among California residents

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Choi, Sarah ^a   Lee, Jung Ah ^a   Rush, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic care; Ethnic disparity; Language proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053302435     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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