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Level of diabetes knowledge among adult patients with diabetes using diabetes knowledge test

Asim M. Zowgar, Muhammad I. Siddiqui and Khalid M. Alattas
Saudi Medical Journal February 2018, 39 (2) 161-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.2.21343

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