Effectiveness of diabetes and hypertension management by rural primary health-care workers (Behvarz workers) in Iran: a nationally representative observational study.

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Published in Lancet on December 09, 2011

Authors

Farshad Farzadfar1, Christopher J L Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou, Thomas Bossert, Hengameh Namdaritabar, Siamak Alikhani, Ghobad Moradi, Alireza Delavari, Hamidreza Jamshidi, Majid Ezzati

Author Affiliations

1: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Diabetes Research Centre and Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

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