Diabetes mellitus in South Asia: Scientific evaluation of the research output

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^a   Jayawardena, Ranil ^a,b   Katulanda, Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis; Diabetes mellitus; Medical research; Publication; South Asia

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALDIVES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84873444253     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12003     Document Type: Article

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