Integrated care for diabetes-a Singapore approach

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 12, Issue JANUARY-MARCH 201, 2012, Pages

  Yeo, Su Qian ^a   Harris, Matthew ^b   Majeed, F Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes management; Integrated care; Integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882951237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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