Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 705-711 , August 2006

Knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicines for diabetes

  • D. Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32-A, Chandigarh, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +172266525358x1042.
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  • S. Bajaj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, MLN, Medical College, Allahabad UP, India
    • ,
  • R. Mehrotra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, MLN, Medical College, Allahabad UP, India

Received 24 March 2005 ,Revised 1 February 2006 ,Accepted 5 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.010

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 705-711 , August 2006

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