Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 79-83 , July 2010

Pakistan National Diabetes Survey: Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated factors in the Punjab Province of Pakistan

  • A. Samad Shera

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +92 21 6616890; fax: +92 21 6680959.
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  • Abdul Basit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
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  • Asher Fawwad

      Affiliations

    • Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
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  • Rubina Hakeem

      Affiliations

    • Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
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  • Muhammad Yakoob Ahmedani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
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  • M. Zafar Iqbal Hydrie

      Affiliations

    • Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Plot No. 1-2, II-B, Block 2, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan
    • Department of International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    • Present address: WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan. Tel.: +92 21 6616890; fax: +92 21 6680959.
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  • I.A. Khwaja

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Centre, Diabetic Association of Pakistan, 5-E/3, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan

Received 21 July 2009 ,Revised 16 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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Primary Care Diabetes
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