Concordance of fasting plasma glucose among nondiabetic married couples

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-63

  Chaudhary, Sanjeev M ^a,b   Kubde, Sanjay S ^a   Lanjewar, Ashok G ^a   Kulkarni, Laxmikant R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Concordance; Marriage; Plasma glucose

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248985049     PISSN: 09733930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-3930.37037     Document Type: Article

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