Diabetes mellitus: A brief history, epidemiology, definition and classification

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 102-106

  Gutteridge, Ian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845985157     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1999.tb06760.x     Document Type: Article

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