Evolutionary perspectives on type 2 diabetes in Asia

Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-75

  Pollard, Tessa M ^a   Núñez de la Mora, Alejandra ^a   Unwin, Nigel C ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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