Patient and professional perceptions of metabolic syndrome and its management: a qualitative study in the United Arab Emirates

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as the clustering of medical conditions (that is impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HTN), obesity and dyslipidaemia) that increase an individual's risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In...

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Main Author: Alozaibi, Naseeba
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12884/