Diabetes care among somali immigrants and refugees

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 680-684

  Wieland, Mark L ^a   Morrison, T Ben ^b   Cha, Stephen S ^c   Rahman, Ahmed S ^c   Chaudhry, Rajeev ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Immigrant; Refugee; Somali

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864071025     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9499-7     Document Type: Article

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