Diabetes: Time to look beyond gluttony and laziness

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Tiwari, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84856052501     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.91325     Document Type: Review

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