Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 39-58 , January 2003

The impact of ethnicity on type 2 diabetes

  • Nicola Abate

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 6011 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9169, USA. Tel.: +1-214-648-836; fax: +1-214-648-8364
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  • Manisha Chandalia

Received 7 May 2002 ,Accepted 14 May 2002.

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