Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 45-48 , January 2002

Costs incurred by families having Type 1 diabetes in a developing country—a study from Southern India

  • R Shobhana

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
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  • P Rama Rao

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
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  • A Lavanya

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
    • ,
  • R Williams

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield University, Leeds, UK
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  • C Padma

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
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  • V Vijay

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
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  • A Ramachandran

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Centre and M.V. Hospital for Diabetes, 4 Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, 600 013, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-44-595-4913/15; fax: +91-44-595-4919

,Accepted 22 May 2001.

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