Diabetes in prison: can good diabetic care be achieved?

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Published in BMJ on January 18, 1992

Authors

I A MacFarlane1, G V Gill, E Masson, N H Tucker

Author Affiliations

1: Diabetic Centre, Walton Hospital, Liverpool.

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