Awareness about diabetes and its complications in the general and diabetic population in a city in southern India

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Murugesan, N ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Shobhana, R ^a   Roglic, G ^b   Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diabetes; Diabetic complications; Knowledge on diabetes; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547772151     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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