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Zimbabwean diabetics' beliefs about health and illness: an interview study
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing globally, with the greatest increase in Africa and Asia. In Zimbabwe a threefold increase was shown in the 1990s. Health-related behaviour is important in maintaining health and is determined by individual beliefs about health and illness but has seen...
Autores principales: | Hjelm, Katarina, Mufunda, Esther |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20462425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-10-7 |
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