Assessment of the knowledge of diabetes mellitus among school teachers within the scope of the managing diabetes at school program

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Önder, Aşan ^a   Aycan, Zehra ^a   Çetinkaya, Semra ^a   Bilgili, Hatice ^a   Yildirim, Nurdan ^a   Baş, Veysel Nijat ^a   Kendirci, Havva Nur Peltek ^a   Aǧladioǧlu, Sebahat Yilmaz ^a  

^a Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Schools; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHER;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871576044     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.756     Document Type: Article

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