Managing chronic diseases in the Malaysian primary health care - A need for change

Malaysian Family Physician

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Ramli, Anis Safura ^a   Taher, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b Klinik Kesihatan Simpang Kuala   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Malaysia; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149104340     PISSN: 1985207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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