Myths about diabetes mellitus among non-diabetic individuals attending primary health care centers of Karachi suburbs

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 398-401

  Nisar, Nighat ^a   Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed ^b   Qadri, Majid Hafeez ^a   Sher, Syed Azam ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Family Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Education; Myths

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349228027     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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