Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 82-89 , March 2003

Diabetes education and knowledge in patients with type 2 diabetes from the community: The Fremantle Diabetes Study

  • David G Bruce

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Community and Geriatric Medicine, Fremantle Hospital, P.O. Box 480, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia. Tel.: +61-8-9431-2673; fax: +61-8-9431-2993
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  • Wendy A Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia
    • Department of Public Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907, Australia
    • ,
  • Carole A Cull

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • Timothy M.E Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia

Received 30 January 2002 ,Revised 13 May 2002 ,Accepted 20 May 2002.

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Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 82-89 , March 2003

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