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Articles

Evaluation of general practitioners' routine assessment of patients with diabetes in Tshwane, South Africa

, MBCHB, MMed(Fam Med) & , MD, MMed(Fam Med) (Clinical Head (Family Medicine))
Pages 68-71 | Received 09 Feb 2011, Accepted 20 Apr 2011, Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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