The Effect of a Community Garden on HgA1c in Diabetics of Marshallese Descent

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-24

  Weltin, Ann M ^a   Lavin, Roberta P ^a  

^a Clarke College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GARDENING; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84857000453     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370016.2012.645724     Document Type: Article

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