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Knowledge and awareness of diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in Saudi Arabia

Faisal K. Alanazi, Jazi S. Alotaibi, Penny Paliadelis, Nada Alqarawi, Abdalkarem Alsharari and Bander Albagawi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 981-989; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22938

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