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. 2002 Feb 16;324(7334):425-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7334.425/a.

Screening for diabetes in general practice. Opportunistic screening for diabetes in general practice is better than nothing

Bertil Hagstrom, Bengt Mattsson
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Screening for diabetes in general practice. Opportunistic screening for diabetes in general practice is better than nothing

Bertil Hagstrom et al. BMJ. .
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