A pilot study to determine levels of diabetes knowledge among health care workers in nursing homes

European Diabetes Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  Smide, Bibbi ^a   Nygren, Ulla ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes knowledge; Health care workers; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874351482     PISSN: 15517853     EISSN: 15517861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/edn.218     Document Type: Article

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