Health according to the experiences of Iranian women with diabetes: A phenomenological study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Aghamohammadi Kalkhoran, Masoumeh ^a   Valizadeh, Sousan ^a   Mohammadi, Eesa ^b   Ebrahimi, Hossein ^a   Karimollahi, Mansoureh ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health; Iran; Phenomenology; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RELIGION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAPE RECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84866001483     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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