Psychological insulin resistance (PIR) among type 2 diabetes patients at public health clinics in federal territory of Malaysia

International Medical Journal Malaysia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Nur Azmiah, Z ^a   Zulkarnain, A K ^a   Tahir, A ^b  

^a Institute for Health Systems Research   (Malaysia)

^b Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Insulin; Insulin resistance; Malaysia; Psychology; Refusal; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857878794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18234631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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