Traditional clay pots as storage containers for insulin in hot climates

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-238

  Gill, Geoffrey V ^a   Price, Caroline ^a   English, Patrick ^b   Eriksson Lee, Jennifer ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLAY; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INSULIN TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; POROSITY; REFRIGERATION; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036798996     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200421     Document Type: Article

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