Quality of life of people with diabetes in Benin city as measured with WHOQOL-BREF

Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Odili, Valentine U ^a   Ugboka, Lilian U ^a   Oparah, Azuka C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Benin city; Diabetes mellitus; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649313767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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