Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 73-77 , May 2009

The effectiveness of foot care education on people with type 2 diabetes in Tehran, Iran

  • Nasibeh Vatankhah

      Affiliations

    • Education & Development Center (EDC), Gifted and Talented Students Council, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Chamran Exp. Way, Hemmat Exp. Way, P.O. Box 14155-5983, Tehran, 14496, Iran
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  • Mohammad Ebrahim Khamseh

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Valiasr Sq., Behafarin St., Tehran, Iran
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  • Younes Jahangiri Noudeh

      Affiliations

    • Medical Student Research Committee (MSRC), Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Chamran Exp. Way, Hemmat Exp. Way, Tehran, Iran
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  • Rokhsareh Aghili

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Valiasr Sq., Behafarin St., Tehran, Iran
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  • Hamid Reza Baradaran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology/Medical Education & Development Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Chamran Exp. Way, Hemmat Exp. Way, Tehran, Iran
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  • Nami Safai Haeri

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Valiasr Sq., Behafarin St., Tehran, Iran

Received 31 December 2008 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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Primary Care Diabetes
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