Assessing the knowledge, attitudes and practice of type 2 diabetes among patients of saurashtra region, Gujarat

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 118-122

  Shah, Viral ^a,c   Kamdar, P ^a   Shah, Nishit ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b M P SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude and practice study; Knowledge; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349205765     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: 19983832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.54288     Document Type: Article

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