Open AccessKnowledge of diabetes mellitus in tuberculosis amongst healthcare workers in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Okeoghene Anthonia Ogbera,
O O Adeyeye,
I.A Odeniyi,
Olufunmilayo Adeleye
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.113765
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , tuberculosis , health care , disease , family medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , pathology , endocrinology , economics , economic growth
There is a World Diabetes Foundation funded research on detection of diabetes mellitus (DM) in tuberculosis (TB) which is currently being carried out in 56 TB centers in Lagos State Nigeria and against this background, we decided to evaluate the knowledge of DM and (TB) amongst the health workers from these facilities.