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Health beliefs and stress among non-insulin dependent diabetes outpatients in a rural teaching hospital in South Africa

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AbstractThe aim of this study was to explore the health beliefs and stress among non-insulin dependent diabetes out patients.OpsommingDie doel van die navorsing was om die oortuigings oor gesondheid en stres van buitepasiënte wat ly aan nie insulien afhanklike diabetes na te vors.*Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

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