Diabetes related knowledge among residents and nurses: a multicenter study in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Published in BMC Endocr Disord on September 11, 2012

Authors

Asma Ahmed1, Abdul Jabbar, Lubna Zuberi, Muhammad Islam, Khusro Shamim

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. asma.ahmed@aku.edu.

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