Burden of diabetic illness in an urban hospital in Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-154

  Ogbera, O ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; STATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 35248867001     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507781524746     Document Type: Article

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