Assessment of Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in the Urban Areas of Klang District, Malaysia

Assessment of Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in the Urban Areas of Klang District, Malaysia

Diabetes is the most common cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations and cardiovascular diseases. However, only a negligible percentage of the patients and subjects knew that the feet are affected in diabetes and diabetes affects the heart. Hence, a cross-sectional study was carried out to eval...

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Main Authors:	Sasikala Chinnappan, Palanisamy Sivanandy, Rajenthina Sagaran, Nagashekhara Molugulu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:	Pharmacy
Subjects:	diabetes mellitus knowledge cardiovascular disease amputations
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/5/1/11

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