The Meaning of Insulin to Hispanic Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes and Their Families

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-270

  hu, Jie ^a   Amirehsani, Karen A ^a   Wallace, Debra C ^a   Letvak, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PERCEPTION; SELF CARE;

EID: 84858981352     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721712437559     Document Type: Article

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