Comparison of attitudes regarding quality of life between insulin-treated subjects with diabetes mellitus and healthy populations

Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-403

  Abad, Fariba Hashemi Hefz ^a   Hamedan, Maryam Shabany ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Diabetes mellitus; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857232059     PISSN: 22336079     EISSN: 22336087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2011.35.4.397     Document Type: Article

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