Summer-winter switching of the Ramadan fasts in people with diabetes living in temperate regions

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-697

  Ghouri, N ^a   Gatrad, R ^b   Sattar, N ^a   Dhami, S ^c   Sheikh, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Edinburgh ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NOTE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FASTING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEASONS;

EID: 84861162305     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03519.x     Document Type: Note

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