Diabetes cost in sub-saharan Africa

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-193

  Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a   Mbanya, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; AFRICA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FAMILY COUNSELING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038348381     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000078379.16042.f6     Document Type: Article

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