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Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-133

  Colagiuri, Stephen ^a   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^b   Wareham, Nicholas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREDIABETIC STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47649112831     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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