Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , June 2007

The relationship between patient education and glycaemic control in a South African township

  • Marloes van de Sande

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Hanneke Dippenaar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
    • ,
  • Guy E.H.M. Rutten

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.04.007

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 87-91 , June 2007

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