Diabetes foot disease: the Cinderella of Australian diabetes management?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lazzarini, Peter A ^a,b   Gurr, Joel M ^c   Rogers, Joseph R ^d   Schox, Andrew ^e   Bergin, Shan M ^f  

^a NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e The Perth Foot and Ankle Clinic   (Australia)

^f DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Complication; Diabetes; Disease; Foot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868558871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1146-5-24     Document Type: Note

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