Prevalence and determinants of diabetes mellitus among the métis of Western Canada

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 542-551

  Bruce, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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