Challenges of Diabetes Management in Immigrant Korean Americans

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-221

  Nam, Soohyun ^a   Song, Hee Jung ^b   Park, So Youn ^c   Song, Youngshin ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^d Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875283266     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721713475846     Document Type: Article

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