Diabetes self-care activities: A community-based survey in an urban slum in Hyderabad, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Community Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0970-0218
DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_236_19