Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Diabetic Patients in the United Arab Emirates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Al Maskari, Fatma ^a   El Sadig, Mohamed ^a   Al Kaabi, Juma M ^a   Afandi, Bachar ^b   Nagelkerke, Nicolas ^a   Yeatts, Karin B ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84872362557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052857     Document Type: Article

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