Diabetes care in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9548, 2006, Pages 1628-1629

  Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^b   Assah, Felix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33845983617     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69673-6     Document Type: Note

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