Diabetic patients' perspectives on the challenges of glycaemic control

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adeniyi, Oladele V ^a   Yogeswaran, Parimalane ^a   Wright, Graham ^b   Longo Mbenza, Benjamin ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84948150777     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.767     Document Type: Article

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