Cost Burden to Diabetic Patients with Foot Complications - A Study from Southern India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1147-1150

  Shobhana, R ^a   Rama Rao, P ^a   Lavanya, A ^a   Vijay, V ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0034572808     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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