Sense of coherence in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: An observational study from Greece

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Merakou, K ^a   Koutsouri, A ^b   Antoniadou, E ^a   Barbouni, A ^a   Bertsias, A ^c   Karageorgos, G ^d   Lionis, C ^d  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Livadia   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Sense of coherence; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

EID: 84882330825     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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