Audit of diabetes mellitus in general practice

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-322

  Lee, Tong Weng ^a   Chan, Sook Ching ^a   Chua, W T ^b   Harbinder, K ^a   Khoo, Y L ^a   Yeang, Y L Ow ^a   Sethuraman, K ^a   Teoh, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Klinik Chua   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Audit; Diabetes mellitus; General practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 18444383972     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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