Diabetes knowledge among older adults with diabetes in Beijing, China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Hu, Jie ^a   Gruber, Kenneth J ^a   Liu, Huaping ^b   Zhao, Hong ^b   Garcia, Alexandra A ^c  

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

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Diabetes knowledge; Older Chinese adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHINA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870838424     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04273.x     Document Type: Article

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