Social capital - a neglected issue in diabetes control: A cross-sectional survey in Iran

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-103

  Farajzadegan, Ziba ^a   Jafari, Najmeh ^a   Nazer, Saeed ^b   Keyvanara, Mahmoud ^a   Zamani, Ahmadreza ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycaemic control; Social capital

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84870685881     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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