Pilot study – depression in diabetic patients attending outpatient clinics at Rashid Hospital, Dubai: what is the prevalence and are there gender differences?
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عنوان ژورنال: Hamdan Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2227-2437
DOI: 10.7707/hmj.314