Diabetes in the Chinese population and its implications for health care

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1785-1790

  Chan, Juliana C N ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030734840     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.11.1785     Document Type: Article

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