Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 135-142 , September 2007

Acceptability and effects of an educational leaflet on infections in type 2 diabetes patients: A randomized controlled trial in primary care

Received 5 March 2007 ,Revised 9 July 2007 ,Accepted 10 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.07.002

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