Original articlecompliance to anti-diabetic drugs:Observations from the diabetic clinic of a medical college in Kolkata, India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 661-665

  Mukherjee, Shuvankar ^a   Sarkar, Biswanath Sharma ^b   Das, Kaushik Kumar ^a   Bhattacharyya, Agnihotri ^a   Deb, Animesh ^c,d  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^c Mata Gujri Memorial Medical College and LSK Hospital   (India)

^d Lifestyle Clinic: allergy asthma and COPD care unit   (India)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic drugs; Compliance; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84875890234     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5352.2876     Document Type: Article

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