Diabetes mellitus as a health problem in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-67

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A F ^a   Warsy, A S ^c   Al Swailem, A R ^d   Al Swailem, A M ^d   Sulaimani, R ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

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