18Feb 2017

PREVENTING DISABILITY AND MORTALITY RELATED TODIABETES IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING.

  • Medical intern, King Faisal University Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia.
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Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of disability and death world-wide. However, many governments and public health planners remain largely unaware of the current prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes, the potential for a future rise in prevalence and the serious complications associated with this disease.

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[Abdullatif Mohammed ALomair, Anas Abdulrahman Alarfaj, Marwan Mohammed ALothman, Abdullah saud ALotaibi, Mohammed Munif ALharbi, Abdulrahim Abdullatif ALomair and Abdullah Abdulaziz ALshuthri. (2017); PREVENTING DISABILITY AND MORTALITY RELATED TODIABETES IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 622-624] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Abdullatif Mohammed ALomair
Medical Intern, King Faisal University, Al Hasa Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3193      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3193

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