Diabetes care during Hajj

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-221

  Alsafadi, Hala ^a   Goodwin, Wendy ^b   Syed, Ateeq ^b  

^a GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG STORAGE; EMERGENCY CARE; HAJI; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79958058736     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-3-218     Document Type: Article

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